Raised in pre-gentrification Spanish Harlem, Julio struggles to break free of his secret life as an arsonist and falls in love with a white woman who symbolizes his pious beliefs, while pastor Maritza sells illegal U.S. citizenships to undocumented immigrants, an operation that begins to unravel when she falls in love with a married man.

Nine short stories about people who have been displaced by war or economic crises take readers from the jungles and the streets of Lima to the sites of dangerous border crossings and intimate New York apartments, in a collection that features the experiences of terrorists, immigrants, and more.

An American Book Award-winning poet presents a novel about confronting the pain of a tragic past with one's inner search for spiritual and cultural redemption.