Shadows of Glory

From the New York Times-bestselling author, "one of the best historical mysteries we've seen . . . Jones is a memorable, magnificent character" (The Denver Post).
 
Selected as one of the year's best books by the Washington Post and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
 
As his best friend marches on Fort Donelson with Grant, Union officer Major Abel Jones struggles to solve the riddle of Federal agents tortured to death in a snow-swept Northern town. While Secretary of State William Seward worries about an immigrant insurrection, Jones discovers a world of murder and madness, sedition and seances, selfless patriotism and haunting passions. Abel is duty-bound to succeed, even though the ghosts of his own past--when his uniform was scarlet and not blue--are waiting for him. Rich in characters both fictional and historical, gorgeous in its language, clear as winter sunlight, and swift as the telegraph that binds a young country together, Shadows of Glory magnificently conjures up an American past--and brings it to ravishing life with matchless authenticity and storytelling power.
 
"Gripping . . . vivid . . . a fine historical novel . . . [a] marvelous evocation of atmosphere and place." --The Washington Post
 
"Riveting . . . conveys the era of the Civil War with great mastery." --Chicago Tribune
 
"Second in Parry's praised Civil War series, this uncommonly engaging historical drama . . . stirs the imagination with its vivid color, gripping suspense and wartime historical accuracy." --Publishers Weekly