Lincoln's Sword

"The union is doomed. Its death foretold in the fever dreams of Mary Todd Lincoln...As a great nation's destiny is being written in blood on the battlefields of Pea Ridge and Shiloh, a grim tomorrow is foreseen by a deeply troubled first lady and interpreted by her best friend, Mercy, herself an accomplished seer. But hope appears out of the mist with the arrival of Thomas, a mysterious stranger with an astonishing mastery over time and space. Against the backdrop of the Civil War's greatest events, these three must join together to salvage a future with the aid of unlikely collaborators...And the key to their desperate endeavor lies in a mysterious image from Mrs. Lincoln's tortured visions--a magical sword..."--P.[4] of cover.