Nora Rose is an impressionable young woman who does not support slavery. Her mother died when she was six and her father is a drunk fool with the habit of beating her and their slaves. Her only friend is another girl from her town named Clara Barton. and when she goes off to war as a field nurse, Nora knows she needs to join too. Just, on the field. She dresses as a young man named Norman Blake in order to make it into the army and fight. In the war she meets a soldier named Noah Wild. Noah is confident and stands tall throughout the war. Somehow he is the only one that Nora can trust to keep her secret, But when Nora gets injured, she knows that they will send her home to her horrible father. But if Noah helps her and they find out, he will surely be kicked out which means he will never be able to live his life in peace.