Readers of Stephanie Drey and Allison Pataki will enjoy this highly anticipated sequel an epic saga of love set during the Napoleonic invasion of Egypt that explores loyalty cultural failures and a potentially historyaltering military defeat More than a year has elapsed since the ghetto gates were destroyed and Anconas Jewish community liberated by Napoleons troops Yet Mirelle is ostracizedby the community her erstwhile best friend and even her motherand labeled a quotruined womanquot As her efforts to nurture her familys legacy are thwarted she realizes she might have lost her last chance at love Meanwhile Daniel now a lieutenant in the French army and Christophe the man responsible for Mirelles disgrace set sail to an unknown destination with General Bonapartes forces There Napoleon and his men face a harsh and unforgiving landscape and new implacable enemies and Daniels faith in and loyalty to the commander he once worshiped are put to the test Epic and rich with wellresearched detail Napoleons Mirage is a novel of misguided ambition leading to brutal warfare failures of cultural appropriation and a military defeat that just may have changed the course of history
