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Lexington, Kentucky, 1859. After saving John Hunt Morgan from a puma attack, fifteen-year-old farm boy Will Crump joins Hunt’s militia, the Lexington Rifles. Morgan mentors Will and enrolls him in the local university, where he hopes to study law. As tensions rise between the North and South, Will is torn between his loyalty to Morgan and his love for his family. Will’s father, sisters, and sweetheart follow the Union, while Morgan and Will commit to the South. As part of Morgan’s band, Will participates in ambushes and unconventional warfare until his first real battle at Shiloh. He fights bravely, but increasingly questions what the war is accomplishing, and whether his devotion to honor has led him astray. And where is God in all this killing? Will’s sister Albinia, friend of the Clay family, becomes increasingly aware of the plight of the slaves. When she finds Luther, a slave she knows, trying to escape, she must decide between her conscience, and her friends. She becomes involved...

Griffin Quade, burdened with uncommon abilities, was cast out as a boy. Now, nineteen years later he returns to claim his inheritance: the family's tobacco plantation in 1905 Sabina, florida.  As he navigates the challenges of managing the Land and its workers, Griffin finds himself entangled in a web of  jealousy, deceit, and theft—all whiLe grappling with unforeseen emotions for the girl next door. Bithia Sibbings, drawn to Griffin's mysterious allure, faces her own turmoiL.  Her parents, mired in financial despair, see her as nothing more than a pawn to salvage their fortunes. Sent away to New York, Bithia is forced to contemplate the unimaginable, severing her ties with Griffin and her aspirations. Georgeanne Quade, Griffin's mother has been secluded on the plantation for most of her Life, numbed by Laudanum and deemed unstabLe by her kin. With Griffin's return, she yearns to mend their fractured relationship, sharing with him harrowing tales of past cruelties end...