"Set primarily on the high plains during the 1860s, this novel has the epic sweep of the frontier built into it."--Publishers Weekly
Jonah Hook fought for the Confederacy at Pea Ridge and Corinth, where he was wounded, captured, and sent to the prison hellhole they called Rock Island. The only way out for the young Reb was to don a blue uniform and serve on the western frontier as a "galvanized Yankee."