Book excerpt: "As a political reporter traveling around the world, Stephen Ashcroft learned to anticipate trouble before it arrived. He managed to escape from the United States just before the anti-gay persecution began. His lover, Troy, wasn't so lucky. Now Ashcroft fights with the Resistance, surrounded by wartime adventure, yet still finding time for romance. His goals are set: to return freedom to his homeland, and to rescue the one he loves before it's too late." -- Back cover.