<p>In <em>Trevor Lane and the Civil War</em>, Book Three of the Luke Taylor Trevor Lane Series, Trevor Lane escaped from a Confederate prison and was found injured by Margret Wright and her two children. He was more dead than alive, but Margret nursed him back to health, and a close bond of friendship formed between them. When he regained his strength, Trevor promised that he would return for them at the end of the war. But when he traveled back and found their house destroyed and Margret and her children with it, he was at a crossroads. What now? The West promised to be a land of opportunity, but also one of hardship. Returning home back East carried with it the threat of a hangman&#39;s noose.</p><p>In <em>Trevor Lane and Independence</em>, Trevor begins his journey West with a heavy heart. A former Union soldier, he must travel through the conquered, but still rebellious, South. Follow him as he encounters many enemies along the way, including the very people who took the Wrights and his hope for a bright future away from him.</p>