A Nation Divided: For Love of Country: 2 - Hardcover

Matthew Alexander has infiltrated the enemy with one goal: learn of Confederate movement and report it to President Lincoln. While his brotherin- law, Rand, fights at the battlefront, Matthew is thrilled at the opportunity to strike at the enemy in their own territory. However, despite being a Union spy, Matthew finds it impossible to remain indifferent toward Millie Atwater, a beautiful young plantation owner who dreams of freeing her slaves. Together, the two brave the threat of discovery as they work toward their shared dream of freedom for all.The Battle of Bull Run proved a devastating loss for the Union. For Major Rand Hudson, the forced retreat inspires him to redouble his efforts: with heightened intensity, he is determined to prepare his men for their next encounter with the Confederates. Meanwhile, Rand's sister Lizzy has focused her work on the Underground Railroad.Her status as a major player in the war effort intensifies when she is recruited to work as a spy behind enemy lines. Confident in her ability to help the cause, she eagerly accepts. But as North and South collide, victory will not prove so simple—for behind the front lines on both sides are individuals who are fighting for their beliefs, their homes . . . their very lives.

Robert Marcum is a retired professor of religion. He taught seminary and institute for seventeen years before being hired at Ricks College and BYU-Idaho, where he taught until retirement in 2008. He has a bachelors degree in history from BYU with a minor in art, and a masters degree from Idaho State University.His interest in writing began at a young age, but it was in 1989, after taking a creative writing class from a fellow professor at Ricks College, that he created his first manuscript for publication. Since then he has written twelve novels in both the action-adventure and historical fiction genres for the LDS market.His wife, Janene, an English teacher by trade, does her best to correct his grammar and strengthen his stories with her tireless edits and counsel while his eight children and many of their twenty grandchildren are among his most avid cheerleaders. Robert loves history and has traveled extensively to Europe, the Middle East, and around the United States in an effort to enhance his novels with the important detail that only visual presence can offer.In preparing for the Nation Divided series, he has read more than twenty books on the Civil War, including personal journals of those who participated, in order to give readers the most vivid and