The Edge of Glory and Graves

Summer, 1863.
The winds of war sweep across a divided nation, and every man, woman, and child can feel it-the sense that something enormous and terrible is coming. No one knows where the next great battle will erupt... only that it will change everything.

As General Robert E. Lee's army pushes north toward Pennsylvania, three lives-Union, Confederate, and civilian-are pulled into the path of history.

Samuel Lockridge, a Union soldier who has seen more death than triumph, marches with the Army of the Potomac while wrestling with the fading ideals he once fought for. His letters home are the only thing keeping him whole, but each mile north fills him with the uneasy certainty that the coming fight will be unlike any he's survived before.

Rosemary Thatcher, a young schoolteacher in a quiet Pennsylvania town, finds her life turned upside down as rumors of an invading Southern army swirl through the community. When wounded scouts arrive and civilians begin to flee, Rosemary is forced to confront the harsh truth that the war she has only read about is now at her doorstep.

Beau McCade, a Confederate scout riding ahead of Lee's forces, sees firsthand the fear and division rippling through the North. Once proud and eager for glory, Beau now rides through burned fields, abandoned homes, and shattered families-realizing that the war has cost far more than either side ever imagined.

Their stories collide as the armies draw closer, each of them standing on the precipice of history-where courage is tested, loyalties are shaken, and every choice might be their last.

In the days before Gettysburg, with the nation's fate hanging in the balance, Samuel, Rosemary, and Beau will each confront the same unforgiving truth:
that some will rise to glory...
and others will be swallowed by the graves left behind.