KILL THE DEVIL - A Civil War Novel Synopsis

THE CIVIL WAR is in its fourth year. With the national election looming, Abraham Lincoln is desperate to find a way to end the bloodshed and reunite the country. “Robert E. Lee must be destroyed,” suggests one of his top military advisors. If he dies, “the South will collapse.” With reluctance the president agrees, a plot is hatched and the assassin chosen.

Captain Jon Westmoreland is a veteran cavalryman. To his men, he's the best officer in the army. To General Ulysses S. Grant, he is the best man to eliminate Lee. There was only one problem. He had once met Lee, had acquired much respect for him.

Could he look the great man in the eye when the time came and squeeze the trigger, or would he hesitate and do nothing? Whatever his decision, one thing was certain. He will determine the course of the war.