THE NIGHT TRAVELER

From the bestselling author of The German Girl, this is a magnificent new novel that sweeps from Germany in the 1930s to Cuba during the Revolution to Berlin when the wall comes down as it brings to life four generations of remarkable women facing war, abandonment, and the weight of history.

The night Lilith was born, winter storms raged in the midst of spring.

Berlin, 1931: Ally Keller, a talented young poet, is alone and scared when she gives birth to Lilith, the child she conceived with her lover, a Black jazz musician who has now disappeared. As a mixed-race child growing up during the Nazis' rise to power, Lilith will spend her childhood confined to the shadows, only safe in the night, since her very existence is an affront to Hitler's ideology of Aryan purity. As Lilith nears her seventh birthday, Ally sets in motion a plan that will send Lilith to safety half way around the world, while Ally herself stays behind to face the horrors of war.

Havana, 1958: Her mother a distant memory, Lilith falls in love with and marries Martin Bernal, a pilot in the Cuban air force with strong ties to the Batista government. As the flames of revolution ignite in Cuba and engulf her family, Lilith gives birth to a daughter, Nadine, and finds herself forced to make a terrible choice to protect her child.

Berlin, 1988: Nadine is a scientist and scholar in Berlin, dedicated to ensuring the dignity of the remains of all those who were murdered by the Nazis. But it is her own family's history that she has spent a lifetime avoiding. It will take the encouragement of her daughter, Luna, to make Nadine uncover the truth about the sacrifices her mother and grandmother made to ensure the survival of their children. And it will fall to Luna to come to terms with a shocking betrayal and an unexpected return that change everything she thought she knew about her own family's history.

With compassion and insight, Armando Lucas Correa brings to life the epic sweep of the Twentieth Century as four women, separated by distance and time, embark on their own journeys toward self-discovery. United by sacrifice, tested by circumstance, their lives are a testament to the power of families to endure and remember.

Armando Lucas Correa is an award-winning journalist, editor, author, and the recipient of several awards from the National Association of Hispanic Publications and the Society of Professional Journalism. He is the author of the international bestsellers The German Girl and The Daughter's Tale. He lives in New York City with his partner and their three children.