Publisher's Synopsis
James Doyle is just another Irish boy in the Five Points slum of New York City until his father dies. In the struggle for survival, James is schooled in violence as a member of a street gang. And like many a boy, he makes some wrong choices and ends up on the run from the law. But no one can flee forever. When James lands in more trouble, the judge gives him a choice: Go to prison or serve in the army. Soon James is sent west as a recruit in the cavalry, where he discovers enemies more brutal. and dangerous than any found back home.
