Valora Luck has always dreamed of being a circus performer in New York, and her way there is a ticket to the Titanic. Turned away at the gangplank for her Chinese heritage, she becomes a stowaway on the ship. She is determined to find her brother, who should be working aboard the vessel, as well as the circus owner who has bought passage on the ship. But nobody knows what fate is waiting for them at the end of their voyage...

In 1714 France, young Addie LaRue makes a desperate Faustian bargain. She will live forever, but she will be forgotten by everyone she meets. For centuries and across continents, Addie has wandered, now desperate to find a way to leave her own mark upon the world. And then, after nearly 300 years of being forgotten, Addie meets a young man who remembers her name.

For some, the Battle of the Alamo is a creation myth for Texas. But what Burroughs and his fellow authors aim to show is that some parts of the story have been twisted, changed, and scrubbed from the record altogether. This book intends to tell the facts of the battle and how it coincided with Texas's ongoing struggle for independence, as well as show how the story has changed over the past 200 years.