this was a really enjoyable Civil War novel, it worked perfectly as a historical novel. I enjoyed going through this book and enjoyed reading this. I look forward to reading more from the author.

Thanks to the Livingston Press at the University of West Alabama and NetGlley for allowing me to read this ARC in exchange for an unbiased review. This is a story of the bloody and violent guerilla war that took place in Missouri and Kansas during the American Civil War. The main character is young Ashby Marchbanks , the son a a Missouri farmer and minister. He plans to follow his father's footsteps and is studying for the ministry when Charles Jennison's Red Leg marauders raid his family's farm, hang his father, terrorist his mother and sister, and leave Ashby for dead. Seeking revenge he joins the infamous Quantrill's Guerillas and Captain Bloody Bill Anderson. He fights a constant battle between his thirst for vengeance and the terrible acts of violence he witnesses and participants in as both sides try to outdo the other in barbarity. Along the way we meet future outlaws Frank and Jesse James and Cole Younger. Recommended to anyone wanting to learn the dark story of the bitter partisan struggle in Civil War Missouri.