Fiction. VARIATIONS OF A BROTHER WAR focuses on the lives of two brothers, and the girl they are both in love with. Against the background of the Civil War, these brothers become soldiers, engaging in the most desperate kinds of battle. With ornate and impeccable prose, J. A. Tyler tells the story of a tumultuous love triangle and how it intersects with the astounding tragedy of war. In a world where everything has its own ghost, life is strange and beautiful, even in the midst of conflict.