Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Set the Night on Fire | 2011 | Libby Fischer Hellmann | Buy |
| 2 | A Bitter Veil | 2012 | Libby Fischer Hellmann | Buy |
| 3 | Havana Lost | 2013 | Libby Fischer Hellmann | Buy |
| 4 | War, Spies & Bobby Sox | 2017 | Libby Fischer Hellmann | Buy |
| 5 | A Bend In the River | 2020 | Libby Fischer Hellmann | Buy |
| 6 | Max’s War | 2024 | Libby Fischer Hellmann | Buy |
The Revolution Sagas is a series of standalone historical thrillers by Libby Fischer Hellmann, each exploring a different era of political turmoil. Set the Night on Fire (2011) goes back to the late 1960s in Chicago, where a man released from prison after 40 years for his role in a bombing suspects a former accomplice, now a U.S. senator, of murdering their old associates. A Bitter Veil (2012) follows an American woman who moves to Iran with her husband just as the Islamic Revolution tears the country apart. Havana Lost (2013) spans decades of Cuban history through three generations of women.
The later books in the series continue this pattern of placing fictional characters against real historical turning points. War, Spies & Bobby Sox (2017) is set during World War II, A Bend in the River (2020) examines another period of conflict, and Max’s War (2024) is the most recent addition. Hellmann brings her crime fiction instincts to historical settings, focusing less on battles and politics and more on the personal costs of revolution.