The first Civil War was the bloodiest conflict in American history-but the second civil war is worse. When Texas secedes from the Union, Henry and Suzanne Wilkins are as broken as the rest of America. They are breaking up, hurting, and longing for a way to make it right. Then Henry's clandestine counter-terror unit is ambushed and they must get home, crossing the bleeding country, hunted by the relentless and powerful Directors who will stop at nothing to prevent him from revealing the conspiracy that triggered the war. From the snow-swept slopes of the Rocky Mountains, to mangrove swamps deep in the Everglades back-country, Henry and Suzanne must protect what they love, facing terrible truths about themselves and those they trusted most. They are America-flawed and betrayed-but worth fighting for.

Author Biography

Sean spent his early childhood in the Canadian wilderness, living in remote cabins steeped to the roof in snow. His father was a carpenter and author, and during the long winters, Sean fell to sleep at night to the sound of his father pounding out words on a manual typewriter. That sound must have gotten into Sean's blood. From Ontario, he moved to Miami, Florida, which was a wonderful, warm change. He attended the University of Florida, where he majored in Political Science. He moved to Nashville to pursue a songwriting career, and wrote about a thousand songs over the next decade. In Music City, he was fortunate to be mentored by some great tunesmiths. Passion for words has defined his life. After moving back to Florida and starting a family, Sean turned to writing fiction, finding he could not exist properly without writing. The larger creative canvas of a novel afforded a kind of freedom he'd never known as songwriter, and he decided he'd found his true calling. He's married to an artist who believes in dreams, and blessed to be the father of children who are his light and heart. He lives with his wife and sons in historic Avondale. He's slid down glaciers in the Grand Tetons, encountered Grizzlies in the back country, fished for Marlin in the Gulf Stream and dove on ship wrecks all over the Florida Keys and the Caribbean. He drank beer in foreign ports with authors, artists, and vagabonds, lost and found his faith, and somehow never gave up.