In the maelstrom of the Civil War that now rages across the bloody landscapes of 19th Century America, the Buried Values legacy truly begins with treasonous acts of larceny and murder, and Robert Masterson and his future beloved are forever ensnared by events that will affect their families for generations. A robbery and key assassinations are plotted by dirty Daniel Winthrop, and President Abraham Lincoln's star witnesses to John Buchanan Floyd's arms trafficking conspiracy are targeted for termination without remorse. Abigail Hutchinson saves patriot Christopher Pratt's very existence, but the cost of his life might have been too high of price to pay! Now all her family members' lives are on the line when she and Winthrop get into bed together over dubious hopes for an escape - with a profit. But Pratt's betrayal demands he seek revenge! Now the originally contemptible Abigail's priorities change as the feisty Southern Belle realizes she'll have to rise up to be the better human being or no one will survive. Will the gold, the silver, at the very least some increment of justice - let alone the truth - ever be recovered?