Land of Sins and Promise

In "The Two Lives of Joshua Banks," twenty-one-year-old Joshua, the second son of a Yorkshire baron, faces an uncertain future as his brother prepares to inherit the family estate. Just before his engagement to the daughter of a powerful press baron, Joshua is thrust into a foreign correspondent role in New York, only to find himself covering unsavory minstrel shows amidst Gilded Age chaos. As he grapples with the complexities of race and identity, Joshua is drawn into a friendship with activist Eva Hope Moon, all while contending with family secrets that threaten to unravel his life.