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In the spring of 1861, two seventeen year olds - one fleeing bondage, the other fleeing home - cross paths on the road to New York and forge an unlikely bond. Abe, a runaway slave, and Murph, a boy escaping a brutal father, enlist in the 69th New York, the Irish militia regiment marching to war. Under the guidance of Finn, a former British soldier and veteran of the Crimean War, they learn the discipline and hardship of soldiering. But nothing prepares them for Bull Run. On the fields around the stream at Manassas they face the chaos of the first great battle of the Civil War - confusion, terror, and the sudden collapse of every illusion they carried with them. In the smoke and panic of the retreat, they witness the moment when both North and South realise the war will not be settled by a single clash, but by a long, costly struggle neither side had imagined.

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Tony Squire was born in England and has since made Australia his home. With twenty one years of military service, he brings both discipline and lived experience to his writing. His lifelong interest in military history, together with a passion for telling stories of ordinary men and women in extraordinary times, shapes his work in historical and adventure fiction. Tony lives in rural Australia with his wife Sheila, where he continues to research, write, and preserve the stories of the past for future generations.

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