It was April 8, 1865, and the Civil War was coming to an end. William Halliday had fought in most of the major battles and had been wounded twice. He had been captured, and after four months in a northern prison camp, was released only to be seriously wounded in the last week of fighting.
Will’s troubles only increase as he returns home to find his beloved wife Ruth had been killed two months before. Driven with revenge, he searches for Ruth’s killer, and finds himself the target of the same hatred.
Only the love of a beautiful French Indian girl can save Will and offer him the hope of a new life. Together they travel to Virginia, looking for peace. Instead they find injustice waiting for them, and Will accepts the badge of a U.S. Marshal—a decision that will change his life forever.
