The Civil War has ended-but the killing isn't over-in this intriguing historical murder mystery: "I can't wait to read the next Alphonso Clay book." -RP Dahlke, author of the Dead Red Mysteries

April 1865: The Civil War is all but over after Lee's surrender at Appomattox, but there are those who don't want the killing to end. Abraham Lincoln's assassin is still in hiding-but more violence is planned in a conspiracy to destroy the country once and for all.

With the nation and countless civilian lives at stake, Col. Alphonso Clay, a master of intrigue and detection who has served General Grant with honor, is assigned to the case by the secretary of state. With the help of a beautiful agent, he is about to travel into the destructive heart of a secretive cult older than the United States itself . . .