Set in North Carolina and Virginia in the 1860s, Staton's Civil War novel explores the budding love of Confederate Private Bill Stamford for two women amidst the carnage of war.
As he marches to a place called Chancellorsville, a halo appears around another friend, Charlie from home. Now Bill must not only decide between his Tar Heel sweetheart or his new Virginia lover, he has to choose his friend's fate let the halo win or try to outwit it.