Boston, 1854. Sam Miller and Abigail Clark flee to Kansas Territory seeking freedom from their pasts. Instead, they find themselves at the heart of a brewing civil war.
As pro-slavery bushwhackers clash with abolitionist jayhawkers, Sam and Abigail's lives become entangled with John Wesley, a freed slave, and Zeb Baker, a psychopathic slave hunter. When personal vendettas collide with historical forces, Sam descends into a spiral of violence that threatens everything he holds dear.
Haunted by his father's ghost and consumed by bloodlust, Sam must confront the true cost of revenge. Against the backdrop of Bleeding Kansas, where ideological warfare tears communities apart, one man's quest for vengeance becomes a microcosm of a nation's tragedy.
In this gripping historical novel, the lines between personal and political blur, and those who dig graves for their enemies may find they're digging their own.