Hearts at Risk

A CENTURY OF AMERICAN ROMANCE 1890s--1990s

Reporting for an underground newspaper, Jennifer Wright champions counterculture causes--and fears love's dangers. Test pilot Lij Branigan explores the limits of speed and performance in experimental jets--and struggles with his own private demons.

And on the day man takes his first steps on the moon, the antiestablishment journalist and the fearless top gun enter an unknown world--one that mingles age-old desire and space-age conflict.

Courageous and committed, Lij and Jennifer are part of the changes shaping America's headiest decade. But now they learn firsthand that the hardest changes to make are those made within.