Pilgrims of War: A Love Story

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Beautiful Italian doctor Magdalena Russo is headed to a medical conference when the ship she s traveling on is seized at the Panama Canal. World War II is raging, and the passengers aboard the Italian ship are deemed a threat to the United States. Magdalena and the other passengers are sent to Ellis Island where they are interrogated and detained. During her forced stay in America, she lends a hand with medical services and embarks on an unlikely friendship with hansom ship's captain. Will the prisoners make it home to Italy before the friendship becomes something more?

Award-winning author Carl Veno s three-dimensional and vibrant characters take readers on an emotional roller coaster ride through a unique time in our country s history.

Pilgrims of War has also been adapted to a screenplay.