Publisher's Synopsis
Spring, 1861. Jed Harker aims for nothing more than to mind his own business while travelling north to Kansas. But men and women are taking sides all over the United States, and Harker finds himself compelled to declare where he stands on slavery. He ends up fleeing through the Indian Nations, helping a family of escaping slaves to freedom. With war about to break out, it will be a race against time for Harker and his companions to reach safety...