Description
A Civil War novel about a pacifist schoolteacher whose conscience collides with his country's collapse. American historical fiction of faith, duty and the price of conviction. He Believed in God, Family and Peace. Then Came Fort Sumter. Samuel Cardiff had a plan. Newly graduated from the Teachers College, he was returning home to find a position, and then he could marry. He was a quiet man, some would say a pacifist. He believed in God, family and education, and gave little thought to the world beyond his beloved Elmira. The world thought of him anyway. In the spring of 1861, Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, and the country came apart. Against every moral belief he held, Samuel enlisted in the Union Army. With his first step toward the South, he changed his life forever. What the war will leave of his plans, and of the man who made them, is another question. The Law of Moses is the first book in the Sam and Laura series, for readers who love Civil War fiction, crises of conscience and quiet men remade by history. Perfect for fans of Jeff Shaara, John Jakes and Ken Follett.