Nick Dybek

Across a continent still reeling from World War I, a “ravishingly beautiful” (Paula McClain) story about a love affair between two Americans and the lie that changes everything. France, 1921—Tom, a young American orphaned in World War I, is working at an ossuary in Verdun, helping priests comfort families seeking answers about their loved ones. But nothing in his past—not his rough-and-tumble Chicago childhood nor his experiences driving ambulances across French battlefields—can prepare Tom for the arrival of Sarah Hagen. From the moment he sees her, a young woman in a blue dress desperate for news of her missing husband, he knows he will help her in any way he can. As their affair takes them across a fractured Europe, Tom and Sarah reckon with the ways extraordinary circumstances impact the lives of ordinary people. They eventually part but when news of an amnesiac soldier in Naples reaches Tom in Paris, he sets off, only to find Sarah there, hopeful as ever, along with an Austrian journalist named Paul who has his own agenda. Years later, a chance encounter with Paul forces Tom, now a screenwriter in Hollywood, to confront his past—and the woman he’s never been able to forget. A page-turning, vividly imagined, and deeply romantic novel about love and identity, truth and consequences, The Verdun Affair is a “literary romance…[that] unravels a love triangle and its players’ secrets” (Los Angeles Times). It will transport you to another place and time while asking the question: Who are you in a world you no longer recognize?

A Novel

The Verdun Affair

When Captain Flint was still a good man

Der Himmel über Greene Harbor : Roman

James Renner

Amber Dermont

Tom Winter

From a stylish coming-of-age novel set in an elite world of Manhattan penthouses and exclusive sailing clubs, to a devious, dark and innovative murder mystery about dangerous obsession and the way it can influence our fates, this collection from Corsair is the perfect taste of our favourite fiction debuts. FREE chapters taken from four very different and compelling novels, by emerging new talents Amber Dermont, James Renner, Nick Dybek and Tom Winter. Starboard Sea by Amber Dermont Stylish American fiction at its best 'Engrossing ... captivating and inspired. Dermont adeptly charts the fine calibrations of teenage love and shame and belonging.' New York Times 'Touching, beautiful and deeply wise ... You will be enthralled.' Justin Cronin, author of The Passage The Man From Primrose Lane by James Renner Imagine an episode of Doctor Who written by Stephen King... 'A haunting, wickedly clever book.' Jonathan Carroll, author of The Ghost in Love 'Ambitious and innovative.' Washington Post When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man by Nick Dybek An atmospheric thriller from a Granta magazine 'New Voices' emerging talent 'An authentic, atmospheric, coming-of-age story ... A terrific debut.' C. J. Box 'A thrilling yarn.' Economist Lost & Found by Tom Winter Two lost souls are brought together by a series of letters, in this touching and captivating novel

4 FREE extracts from the best new voices in fiction

Dazzling Debuts from Corsair

Cal lives with his parents on Loyalty Island. Each winter, Cal's father - a captain of the island's trawling fleet - sets sail for Alaska; and though Cal is still too young to join them, he is old enough to know that everything depends on the fate of those few boats, thousands of miles north. When the fleet's owner dies, not only is the town's livelihood threatened, but so too is Cal's family. With winter fast approaching, and the fleet on the brink of extinction, Cal starts to suspect that his parents both have secrets to hide. Plagued by doubt, his loyalties strained and his moral compass thrown wildly off course, Cal is forced to make a brave and terrible choice.

When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man

Bajo el cielo de Greene Harbor

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