The true story of two people who should've been enemies, but enter into a forbidden romance instead. A truly moving story of finding love and connection in a racist world. - Renee Scott, Washington Heights

The remarkable story of the US diplomat George Horton and the tumultuous Near East before, during and after the devastation of the cosmopolitan city of Smyrna in the 1920s, set against the backdrop of the crumbling Ottoman Empire.  - Aspasia Katerinis, Battery Park City