With the power of the Bright Heart waning under growing shadows of the Dark Heart, Erin of Eliarth (formerly Lady Sara and now the legendary Lady of Mercy) must once again journey back into the Dark Empire, where High Priests battle for supremacy and the First of the Sundered, Lord Stefanos, awaits
A Chain of Thunder
โ Scribed by Jeff Shaara
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 780 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0345527402
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โฆ Synopsis
Continuing the trilogy that began with A Blaze of Glory, New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara returns to chronicle another decisive chapter in America's long and bloody Civil War. In A Chain of Thunder, the action shifts to the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. There, in the vaunted "Gibraltar of the Confederacy," a siege for the ages will cement the reputation of one Union general--and all but seal the fate of the rebel cause.
In May 1863, after months of hard and bitter combat, Union troops under the command of Major General Ulysses S. Grant at long last successfully cross the Mississippi River. They force the remnants of Confederate Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton's army to retreat to Vicksburg, burning the bridges over the Big Black River in its path. But after sustaining heavy casualties in two failed assaults against the rebels, Union soldiers are losing confidence and morale is low. Grant reluctantly decides to lay...
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