Hedie Rails travels to Jacques' Landing to marry the descendant of fur trader Jacques Ducharme and finds comfort in the journals of Jacques' wife, Annie.

In 1274, peace in the Middle East is threatened as Prince Edward plans a new Crusade, the Egyptian sultan's son comes under the influence of a soothsayer who wants to destroy the Christians, a group of Western merchants sets in motion a profitable, ruthless plan, and Will Campbell suspects that the Brethren have been betrayed.

Lord Otori Takeo battles intruders and assassins from far and wide and struggles with the prophecy that he will die by the hand of one of his family members.

A young orphan named Silvertip receives a prophetic vision about the end of their world, but no one believes him except an old chief and a little girl.

In 1970, a group of California hippies migrates to Alaska when the law begins to cramp their style, but soon their new home's harsh environment cramps it even more.

In 1896 the Great Brain of Adenville, Utah, is almost twelve years old and more mischievous than ever in his practical jokes and schemes against everyone in town.

Pell Ridley, having left home on the day she was to marry her childhood sweetheart with the intention of finding a more fulfilling life, meets a poacher with whom she travels through the countryside, but soon becomes overwhelmed by her emotional ties to her family, home, and lover.

Augustus Cain, a down on his luck veteran of the Mexican American War, is prevailed upon by Mr. Eberly, a Virginia plantation owner, to travel north in the days before the Civil War and retrieve Rosetta, a runaway slave, and while he is successful in capturing his prey, Cain finds each mile of the journey home more difficult to make.

Copper Brown places her trust in God to help her find her purpose in life after she leaves her mountain home following a whirlwind romance and goes to live in Lexington, Kentucky, with her husband, a busy medical doctor.