Unholy Fire: A Riveting Thriller of the Civil War
May 2014 · Open Road Media
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John “Kit” McKittredge is a young federal lieutenant from Maine who is wounded terribly in one of the first battles of the Civil War. Still unfit for active duty after nine months in the hospital, he is recruited by an unorthodox colonel named Valentine Burdette to work in the provost marshal general’s office in Washington.
The beleaguered capital is filled with saloons, brothels, spies, thieves, and murderers. It is also rife with official corruption and political intrigue.
While investigating what appears to be a routine case of military procurement fraud, Kit becomes embroiled in the murder case of a beautiful young woman who had the misfortune of attending the birthday party of Union general Joseph Hooker, the notorious and charming libertine.
The investigation leads Kit through a series of harrowing adventures—both on the battlefield and in the capital’s darkest dens of depravity—until he and Val Burdette must confront a vast criminal conspiracy that threatens both their own lives and the fate of the Republic.
This riveting thriller by the award-winning author of the critically acclaimed Stonewall’s Gold hauntingly brings to life one of the most dramatic periods of the Civil War.
The beleaguered capital is filled with saloons, brothels, spies, thieves, and murderers. It is also rife with official corruption and political intrigue.
While investigating what appears to be a routine case of military procurement fraud, Kit becomes embroiled in the murder case of a beautiful young woman who had the misfortune of attending the birthday party of Union general Joseph Hooker, the notorious and charming libertine.
The investigation leads Kit through a series of harrowing adventures—both on the battlefield and in the capital’s darkest dens of depravity—until he and Val Burdette must confront a vast criminal conspiracy that threatens both their own lives and the fate of the Republic.
This riveting thriller by the award-winning author of the critically acclaimed Stonewall’s Gold hauntingly brings to life one of the most dramatic periods of the Civil War.
About the author
Robert Mrazek is the author of four novels, including The Deadly Embrace (Viking), which won the W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction from the American Library Association; Unholy Fire; and Stonewall’s Gold, winner of the Michael Shaara Prize for Best Civil War Novel of 1999. He is also the author of two works of nonfiction, To Kingdom Come (NAL Trade) and A Dawn Like Thunder (Little, Brown). The latter is the true story of Torpedo Squadron Eight at the battles of Midway and Guadalcanal.
Mrazek is a former five-term US congressman who authored laws to protect the Tongass National Forest in Alaska and the Manassas Civil War battlefield in Virginia. He also wrote the Amerasian Homecoming Act, which brought home the children of American military personnel from Vietnam, and the National Film Preservation Act, which established the National Film Registry in the Library of Congress. Since his retirement from politics, Mrazek has served on the boards of numerous charitable organizations. He is cofounder of the Alaska Wilderness League and served as its chairman for ten years.
Mrazek is a former five-term US congressman who authored laws to protect the Tongass National Forest in Alaska and the Manassas Civil War battlefield in Virginia. He also wrote the Amerasian Homecoming Act, which brought home the children of American military personnel from Vietnam, and the National Film Preservation Act, which established the National Film Registry in the Library of Congress. Since his retirement from politics, Mrazek has served on the boards of numerous charitable organizations. He is cofounder of the Alaska Wilderness League and served as its chairman for ten years.
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