Honor: An Epic Novel of West Point and the Civil War

by Bob Mayer

Overview

This is history told both epic and personal so the reader can feel the heart-wrenching clash of duty, honor, country and loyalty. And realize that sometimes the people who changed history weren't recorded by it. In the vein of HBO's Rome miniseries, two fictional characters, Lucius Rumble and Elijah Cord, are standing at many of the major crossroads of our history.

The book begins with the battle at Palo Alto at the beginning of the Mexican War, percentage-wise, the bloodiest in U.S. History. While U.S. Grant and Lucius Rumble fight across Mexico, Elijah Cord is with Fremont and Kit Carson in the far west, battling to bring California into the Union.

The book concludes on the eve of the Civil War, with each man taking his place on one side or the other, as West Point classmates prepare to face each other in battle.

The Civil War was a West Point war. As plebes we were required to memorize the fact that in 55 of 60 major battles, West Pointers commanded both sides and in the other five, one side.

This is book II in the Duty, Honor, Country series.

Assembly Magazine (Association of Graduates, West Point): "Bob Mayer has stretched the limits of the military novel. Mayer brings an accurate depiction of military life to this book which greatly enhances its credibility."

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162202028
Publisher:	Cool Gus
Publication date:	08/02/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	493,368
File size:	443 KB

About the Author

Bob Mayer grew up in New York City and is a NY Times Bestselling author and graduate of West Point. He was an Infantry platoon leader, a Battalion Scout platoon leader and Brigade recon platoon leader in the First Cav Division. Then he joined Special Forces and commanded a Green Beret A-Team as well as other special duty assignments. He’s had over 75 books published and sold over 5 million, including the #1 series The Green Berets, Shadow Warriors, Area 51, Atlantis and the Time Patrol. Having traveled the world, including living in the Orient where he earned a black belt, and on an island off the east coast of the US and one off the west coast, in the Rockies and Smokies and places in between, he now lives peacefully with his wife and dogs. He previously wrote under multiple pen names including Robert Doherty, Greg Donegan, Joe Dalton and Bob McGuire. Download his free Readers Guide for a list of all his titles and links.