Stuck behind a desk in a stuffy law office makes 17-year-old Daniel Stuart yawn. So what if it’s his family’s profession and this is what he was raised to do? There’s got to be more to life than this.Three college buddies – brash Andrew, studious Matthew, and nice-guy David – feel the same way. They are more than ready to ditch school and take up guns. A fiery recruitment rally stirs their patriotic spirit, and before they know it, they’re sleeping in bunks and training with rifles as raw recruits in the Union Army.With his friends by his side, Daniel knows he can do this. Long is the way, and so very hard. Can he and his friends survive the Civil War’s ferocious battles? Or will he realize too late that freedom wasn’t worth the cost?