n nThe beloved Confederate Captain Nate Starbuck returns to the front lines of the Civil War in this second installment of Bernard Cornwells acclaimed Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicles. It is the summer of 1862, and Nate has been bloodied but victorious at the battles of Balls Bluff and Seven Pines. But he cant escape his Northern roots, and it is only a matter of time until hes accused of being a Yankee spy, pursued, and brutally interrogated. To clear his name, he must find the real traitor--a search that will require extraordinary courage, endurance, and a perilous odyssey through enemy territory.n