What was British Tommy's role in the War Between the American States? Much more than he wanted, you may be sure. Shanghaied to California in late 1860, Tommy's genius for finding trouble (and ability to weasel right out again) asserts itself from the word go. Tommy finds himself caught up in the secret world of the Committee of Thirty and the Knights of the Golden Circle, evacuating Fort Fillmore with the Federals, then marching back in with the Confederates, joining in an audacious train raid ( against his better judgment), fleeing across half a continent, and generally being pushed from Yankee pillar to Rebel post, and renewing his acquaintance with Abe Lincoln. He soon wishes he hadn't...