Seventeen-year-old Megan Loren feels unloved, unwelcome and unwanted except by the one person who should not want her. She plans to one day leave the farm that does not feel like home and the elder sister who seems to see her only as a responsibility. Then, The War comes to Loren Farm. Battle lines and love lines cross and counter cross to entangle passions and loyalties and strain family ties as Megan, her sister, her cousin and their friends have no choice but to get busy fixin' things. Lovers and fighters alike will find ample fare to delight their reading palate in this no holds barred tale of human strengths and human weaknesses let loose at Gettysburg - the American Civil War at its awesome/gruesome best.