A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city. Includes illustrated notes throughout the text explaining the historical backround of the story.

For Dr. Elena Burroughs, life is divided into two chapters-- before and after the death of her husband. Her success as a psychologist and as the author of a book on the interpretation of dreams is dimmed by an unspoken If only. Sandra, a new patient, recounts a frightening series of recurrent nightmares, and Elena discovers that the new patient and her family confront a powerful global network of dangerous forces. Can she understand-- and fulfill--...

For peasant intellectual Thomas Torr, translating the Latin Vulgate into English is a way to bring God's word to all people. But the Roman Church has pronounced a death sentence on anyone possessing an English Bible.