"Robust, detail rich, and well-paced.Reasoner's battle narrative provides equal parts
pathos and accuracy."Publishers Weekly

"Fraught with passion, tension, and tenderness."Booklist

"[We] recommend these books."Civil War News

Shenandoah is the eighth book in a series of historical novels spanning the Civil War and describing its
effects on one Southern family.

The last half of 1863 has taken a toll on the Brannon family, but a Christmas lull in the fighting brings home Mac
and Will as well as Titus, the son believed to have been killed in the war. Though his return is joyous news, Titus
is devastated when he finds his wife remarried and pregnant. In his bitterness, he unleashes a personal war on
the new family.

Will returns to duty and is swept into the fighting in the Wilderness. For a time, Mac is with him, but a Federal
raid near Richmond propels the Confederate cavalry toward the crossroads at Yellow Tavernand destiny. Of the
two brothers left at the Brannon farm, now behind enemy lines, one seeks vengeance on the Yankees fighting in
the Shenandoah Valley.

James Reasoner, a veteran writer of historical fiction, is the author of several volumes in the Civil War Battle series as well as the Wagons West series. He lives near Azle, Texas.

Lloyd James hails from the Midwest. He received a B.A. in theater from a small liberal-arts college in New Mexico. He acts in the theater when his schedule permits and spends much of his free time working in his garden. He lives in Virginia with his wife and son.