1862 – Virginia
Salina Hastings’ sixteenth birthday came on the heels of Jeremy Barnes’ return from California in August 1862. It was the summer Ethan, Salina’s older brother, asked Taylor Sue Carey to be his bride—not long before the day the Rebels and Yankees clashed at the Battle of Chantilly.
Salina inherited a keen sense of adventure from her father, a Confederate captain and spy. As the war drags on, loyalty and survival draw Salina into risking her life in service of Captain Hastings’ “Network.” In spite of mounting danger, Salina gathers her courage, determined to do what she can to restore the days she loved—precious time with her family, her friends, and Jeremy—Virginia as it was prior to secession and invasion.
Captain Duncan Grant, a Union secret agent, has orders to stop the flow of information to the South. His assignment takes him on a search for the leader of this circle of Southern civilian spies. Captain Grant’s persistent search is not only for information, but also for anyone who might lead him to the stolen documents he must recover for the North.