We’re thrilled to tell you about a new book, coming in early 2027 from author Michael Keefe. This story of family secrets told in three timelines will keep you on the edge of your seat and pondering its shocking ending for a long time. Here’s the description:

Some family secrets survive every generation.

 In 1984, high school English teacher Maggie Moore feels quietly undone—by her stalled career, her fragile marriage, and the sense that her life in Northern California has narrowed. When she inherits a World War I journal written by her beloved grandfather, Joseph Moore, she expects a family keepsake but finds the entries written in German. Drawn into a past she never knew existed, Maggie begins translating the fragile pages at her family’s old home in Brooklyn, uncovering a story that challenges everything she believed about her family—and herself.

In 1914, German infantryman Josef Müller writes in secret to his dead brother, confessing the brutality he witnesses under the command of the sadistic Heinrich Adler. When the journal is discovered, Josef makes a desperate choice: he deserts, steals the identity of a dead British soldier, and becomes Joseph Moore. But survival demands more than a new name, and the consequences of his deception will echo for decades.

In 1939 Brooklyn, Joseph’s daughter Kate Moore grows up in the shadow of her father’s silences. Her search for answers leads her to powerful brewery owner and crime boss Henry Adler—and into a dangerous relationship with Adler’s son, Bill. Decades later, Bill Adler, now an aging pawn shop owner and the last heir to a fading empire, believes Maggie’s journal may be his final chance at redemption—or revenge.

Spanning war-torn Europe, mid-century Brooklyn, and 1980s California, Damages Carried Down is a sweeping family saga that explores identity, guilt, and the fragile line between truth and survival. Rich in historical detail and emotional depth, Michael Keefe’s novel is an unforgettable meditation on the stories families tell, the secrets they keep, and the burdens passed from one generation to the next.

Next week, we’ll show you the wonderful cover for this anticipated novel, so stay tuned!