Eighteen-year-old Jerusalem, a fearless Saint with demigod powers, joins the Union Army seeking revenge against the vampire who enslaved her family, but in order to find success, she finds herself reluctantly teaming up with Alexei, a handsome Union vampire she can't help but fall for.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Bruce Catton brings power and drama to this tightly packed chronicle of the struggle of the blue and the gray. A Short History of the Civil War is a superb introduction to the events, the people, and the politics that shaped this war. But it is also a great refresher course on a tragic chapter in our nation's history, filled with the suspense of great fiction and the insights of expert reporting.--