Dark Chaos by Ginny Dye
Published & Release Date: A
Voice in the World Publishing, July 8, 2010
Time
and setting: 1863-1864 Virginia
Genre:
Historical Fiction Romance
Length:
662 pages
Heat
Level: 1 Sweet Heart
Rating: 5 Gold Crowns
Book Description:
Dark
clouds and chaos descend lower upon America as the war rages around them;
threatening all they hold dear.
Carrie and Robert are once more pulled apart, and Carrie finds herself the target of a hostile group of men determined to stop her from providing medical care of black residents of Richmond. How long can she continue to save other people's lives at the risk of her own?
Aunt Abby is sucked into a violent riot in the North, while Matthew faces the greatest challenge of his life.
Rose welcomes new life, while Moses risks everything as a Northern spy.
The ultimate test comes as the people of a once-promising nation must hold on to their faith and dreams as everything around them crumbles.
The fourth book of The Bregdan Chronicles historical fiction series will pull you in and never let you go. You'll experience the Civil War era (and all the years to come) through the eyes of both White and Black, free & slave, Southern & Northern - and you'll fall in love with every character.
Carrie and Robert are once more pulled apart, and Carrie finds herself the target of a hostile group of men determined to stop her from providing medical care of black residents of Richmond. How long can she continue to save other people's lives at the risk of her own?
Aunt Abby is sucked into a violent riot in the North, while Matthew faces the greatest challenge of his life.
Rose welcomes new life, while Moses risks everything as a Northern spy.
The ultimate test comes as the people of a once-promising nation must hold on to their faith and dreams as everything around them crumbles.
The fourth book of The Bregdan Chronicles historical fiction series will pull you in and never let you go. You'll experience the Civil War era (and all the years to come) through the eyes of both White and Black, free & slave, Southern & Northern - and you'll fall in love with every character.
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Vikki’s Musings
And this amazing story continues with the fourth
book of The Bregdan Chronicles. Dark
Chaos is filled with turmoil of the times as the north continues to wage
war against the south. I must mention that even though these books are quite
long, the pacing is so good that they read as a much shorter story.
This edition of this saga starts out on a happy note
with Carrie at long last marrying Robert Borden. Unfortunately that does not
last long. General Lee needs him to lead his men in the defense of, yet again,
another assault on Richmond. The day after their wedding, Carrie has to kiss
him goodbye and live in fear that he will not make it through the upcoming
battle.
Dark Chaos covers the period from
the spring of 1863 to the following spring. Up to this point the south has come out the
victor in most of the battles, but the tide turns when Grant takes over the
Army of the West with Joseph Hooker as the Commander of the Army of the
Potomac.
After a decisive victory over Hooker at
Chancellorsville, Lee marches his army north, while Robert is sent on a
diplomatic mission to England. While he is disappointed when Carrie decides to
stay in Richmond instead of joining him, he accepts her decision, knowing his
strong-willed wife will not change her mind.
Robert is safe in England when Lee suffers a huge
defeat at Gettysburg and Grant is victorious in his campaign to take Vicksburg,
gaining control of the Mississippi, cutting the south in half. Unfortunately
Carrie and Robert’s friend from Philadelphia, Matthew Justin, is not and ends
up back in Libby prison.
While Dark
Chaos has many dark moments, the love between the various couples grows
stronger. We see Moses as a leader of the black soldiers, Matthew making a
daring escape with Carrie and Robert’s help, Robert barely making it through
the perilous crossing from England back to his wife’s waiting arms and Rose
continuing in her effort to educate the children in the Contraband Camp.
What I love about these books is the chance to see a
different perspective on the Civil War. One that shows the turmoil and chaos
surrounding the issue of slavery, a story that shows how black and white fought
for the freedom of slaves. Even though many in the north do not treat the
blacks any better than the south does, men like Moses stay strong in their
belief that at the end of this terrible war will be a new day.
At the close of this addition in this epic tale,
Carrie is again facing the possibility of losing Robert forever, as once again
Richmond is in danger. This is another story rich with history and filled with
deep emotion. Now, I shall continue on with the next story in this outstanding
series. Happy reading!
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