The Fire That Calms the Storm

Though the war is over, the battle for Lummy Tullos's soul refuses to end. Settling into his new life on the Tullos farm with his new wife Martha and her children, tragedy strikes his friends in the black community caught in the conflict between those keeping the Confederacy alive and those loyal to the Union.Lummy quickly learns who his friends are and aren't in a series of skirmishes in his home county. Soon the notorious leader and former Confederate soldier, Tom Ford, makes...
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Though the war is over, the battle for Lummy Tullos's soul refuses to end. Settling into his new life on the Tullos farm with his new wife Martha and her children, tragedy strikes his friends in the black community caught in the conflict between those keeping the Confederacy alive and those loyal to the Union.Lummy quickly learns who his friends are and aren't in a series of skirmishes in his home county. Soon the notorious leader and former Confederate soldier, Tom Ford, makes destroying Lummy's family and friends his one mission in life. Learning there is a fine line between revenge and justice, Lummy struggles with both and the losses that come with trying to sort it out.Gathering the best of his friends and enlisting local men loyal to the Union, Lummy once again leads a small army of volunteers dedicated to ushering in the new world he has always dreamed possible-one where freedom is for all and sees no color with equal opportunity. Exhausted from years of the ravages of an abusive father and brother, losing his first wife Susannah and killing Dawg Smith, fighting a war on both sides, and clearing the path for justice in Choctaw County, Lummy finally finds peace in the life and love he always wanted and now has. Or does he?