Publisher's Synopsis
Experience the American Civil War as you never have before in this dark, gritty, not for the weak or faint of heart novel that tells the true-to-life stories of a farm boy, an aristocrat, and a slave, who all serve the Confederacy with just one goal in mind-survival.
Albert Lee Harris is desperate to get away from the farm and seek adventure in the war. He sneaks off to enlist in the Confederate Army, leaving behind his Unionist brother...or so he thinks.
Thomas Henry, the son of a Confederate senator, joins up and is immediately thrust into the hellscape of the Battle of Shiloh. The next day he receives word that his older brother, John, is wounded and in a vegetative state. Thomas wrestles with mortality and the concepts of sin, death, and mercy, and comes to a shocking decision...which will haunt him for the rest of his life.
John's aging slave, Robert, has endured lifelong cruelty. After John's death, he becomes Thomas's property. Robert is savvy and intelligent, and married with four young children. He once had a previous family, but he was sold away from them. Robert is now terrified if he upsets his new master, he could be sold again and lose his second family.
Readers who enjoyed Band of Brothers, or books by Bernard Cornwall, Conn Iggulden, or Michael and Jeff Shaara, are sure to love this book.
