Young ex-slave Gideon Bardsley is a brilliant inventor, but the job is less glamorous than one might think, especially since the assassination attempts started. Worse yet, they're trying to destroy his greatest achievement: a calculating engine called Fiddlehead, which provides undeniable proof of something awful enough to destroy the world. Both man and machine are at risk from forces conspiring to keep the Civil War going and the money flowing. Bardsley has no choice but to ask his patron, former president Abraham Lincoln, for help. Lincoln retired from leading the country after an attempt on his life, but is quite interested in Bardsley's immense data-processing capacities, confident that if people have the facts, they'll see reason and urge the government to end the war. Lincoln must keep Bardsley safe until he can finish his research, so he calls on his old private security staff to protect Gideon and his data. Maria âBelleâ Boyd was a retired Confederate spy, until she got a life-changing job offer from the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Pinkerton respects her work, despite reservations about her lingering Southern loyalties. But it's precisely those loyalties that let her go into Confederate territory to figure out who might be targeting Bardsley. Maria is a good detective, but with spies from both camps gunning for her, can even the notorious Belle Boyd hold the greedy warhawks at bay?
Fiddlehead [Dramatized Adaptation]
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Andy Clemence
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Chris Davenport
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Christopher Graybill
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Colleen Delany
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David Coyne
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David Harris
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Dawn Ursula
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Delores King Williams
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Doug V. Brown
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Elizabeth Jernigan
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Emlyn McFarland
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Eric Messner
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Eric Singdahlsen
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Jacob Yeh
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James Konicek
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Jefferson A. Russell
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Joel David Santner
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Julie-Ann Elliott
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Katy Carkuff
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Kenyatta Rogers
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Kimberly Gilbert
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Laura Harris
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Margie Tompros
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Michael Glenn
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Michael John Casey
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Nick DePinto
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Patrick Bussink
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Rebecca Sheir
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Richard Cutting
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Scott Graham
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Steve Carpenter
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Steve Wannall
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Sunny Lasskey
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Terence Aselford
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Thomas Keegan
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Thomas Penny
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Tim Getman
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Tim Pabon
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