Set against the extraordinary events of January 6, 2021 and rooted in the joys and struggles of the immigrant experience that have long defined the American experiment, Staff Sergeant Aquilino Gonell’s inspirational memoir is one of hope and the belief in the promise of a nation enduring in the face of challenges.

Aquilino Gonell is a Dominican immigrant, former U.S. Army soldier, and Iraq War veteran. For seventeen years, he was a United States Capitol Police officer and was one of four police officers who testified before the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection. He’s been featured on ABC, CBS, CNN, Telemundo, Univision, and NPR, and in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and El Diario. He is a recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Citizens Medal.

Susan Shapiro is an award-winning Jewish American journalist. She’s the author/coauthor of the acclaimed nonfiction books Unhooked (a New York Times bestseller), The Forgiveness Tour (a Jewish Book Council pick), The Bosnia List (an Oprah book of the Week, ASJA award winner and William Saroyan Nonfiction finalist ) and World In Between (a Notable Book for Global Society). She writes for The New York Times, New York Magazine, Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and Newsweek, among others.