This is Book 2 in the John Whyte saga of the American West. John helped smash a Confederate spy ring and was rewarded with command of his own cavalry brigade. To his amazement, his old junior officer Lieutenant, George Custer, shows up as his commanding General. In the desperate fight at Gettysburg, John grudgingly accepts Custer for the military genius that he is. After mortally wounding the Grey Cavalier of the South, Jeb Stuart, at the battle of Yellow Tavern, John is also wounded. For his actions, he is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. But danger threatens from vengeful Confederate spies...