The Second Civil War looms over twelve-year-old Tharon Trace's family and close knit group of friends in rural Indiana. She fears she hasn't heard the last of her abductors. Marty Philips is still at large. Three years later, the war drags on and Tharon becomes convinced that someone still wants to capture her. She believes that her family will be in danger as long as she remains with them. Will she have the courage to leave the people she loves behind in order to protect them? Helm Harris and Kaid Walker suspect Tharon plans to leave and they aren't about to let her out of their sight. What sacrifice will her friends make to protect her?