Taken from files in courthouses and old newspaper is the evidence of a pre-Civil War conspiracy to murder anybody who might stand in the way of pro-slavery forces in western Missouri. Their goal was to have Kansas enter the Union as a slave state. One hundred and forty-four years later, wealthy, single businessman Stokely Towles breaks a leg and pauses from his schedule to recover from surgery. To take his mind off the pain he begins researching his family history. It isn't long before he comes across the name of Henry ...
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Taken from files in courthouses and old newspaper is the evidence of a pre-Civil War conspiracy to murder anybody who might stand in the way of pro-slavery forces in western Missouri. Their goal was to have Kansas enter the Union as a slave state. One hundred and forty-four years later, wealthy, single businessman Stokely Towles breaks a leg and pauses from his schedule to recover from surgery. To take his mind off the pain he begins researching his family history. It isn't long before he comes across the name of Henry Vallandingham, who was murdered in a small town in Missouri in 1856. Strange dreams guide Stokely to find out what really happened. He meets attratictive Ariadne Edwards and together they untangle the web of events that led to his ancestor's death.
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