Publisher's Synopsis
The Civil War has ended and a young battle hardened 19 year old ex-Confederate soldier is ready to put the war behind him and return to his home in Southern Kentucky; a journey that will prove to be as hard and bloody as the war. He finds a 12 year old ex-slave girl lost in the wilderness; knowing the child can't survive on her own he assumes the unwanted responsibility of her well-being. As if the responsibility of an orphaned child isn't enough he finds himself building an unwanted reputation as a gunfighter. Haunted by nightmares of the war, the responsibility of an orphan child and his fast growing reputation his journey home becomes a fight for survival.
