"robust, detail rich, and well-paced.Reasoner's battle narrative
provides equal parts pathos and accuracy."Publishers Weekly

This is the seventh book in a series of historical novels spanning the
Civil War and describing its effects on one southern family. While two Brannon sons
were with Lee at Gettysburg and Cory was at Vicksburg, they still mourn the loss of
another, Titus, presumed dead but actually interned in a Yankee prison camp. Titus
is determined to escape and make his way home, while Cory Brannon joins the cavalry
just in time for the action at Chickamauga.

James Reasoner, a veteran writer of historical fiction, is the author of several volumes in the Civil War Battle series as well as the Wagons West series. He lives near Azle, Texas.

Lloyd James hails from the Midwest. He received a B.A. in theater from a small liberal-arts college in New Mexico. He acts in the theater when his schedule permits and spends much of his free time working in his garden. He lives in Virginia with his wife and son.