Publisher, Blackstone Audiobooks (January 2005)

NOTE: Blackstone Audio LIBRARY EDITIONS are packaged in attractive, full-sized, durable plastic cases, with full-color art. Snap-in holders for the cassettes and MP3-CDs and plastic sleeves for compact discs to keep them protected and in numerical order.

ALERT! YOUR CD PLAYER MUST BE MP3 COMPATIBLE! MP3 audiobooks on compact disc can be played on newer CD players that support MP3 technology and accept a 4.75" diameter disc, and on any personal computer that has Microsoft's Media Player or similar software.

"Highly recommended for historicity, plotting, and general excitement." —Library Journal

"Dandy. . . Its attention to the real events of First Manassas is careful and persuasive, maintaining drama without sacrificing accuracy. A good piece of work." —William C. Davis, Civil War Historian and author of Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour

A powerful and evocative story of the Civil War's first battle and the men who fought it.

When Richmond landowner Washington Faulconer snatches young Nate Starbuck from the grip of a Yankee-hating mob, Nate is both grateful and awed by his idealistic rescuer. Turning his back forever on the life he left in Boston, Nate agrees to join the newly formed Faulconer’s Legion, even though it means fighting against his native North.

But Nate’s dilemma is only one of many within the Legion. Faulconer’s own son cannot bring himself to fight, while his daughter’s cheating fiancé plots for control of the family fortune. As they come together to march into battle, the men are prepared to start a war. . . but they aren’t ready for how they—and the nation—will be forever changed by the oaths they have sworn for their beloved South.