Missing in Action: The Apache Campaign, 1885-1886

Missing in Action is the sequel to Reconstruction: Heal or Kill. By 1885, the army had subdued the Plains Indians, but Geronimo's Apaches were on the loose. They raided, looted, and murdered along the border between Arizona and Mexico and disappeared as if by magic. The army could not find the Apaches, let alone defeat them.

Tom Slocum, a doctor's apprentice in Reconstruction: Heal or Kill, has become a skilled surgeon. When his wife dies and his best friend is reported missing in action, To...