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After recovering from his wounds received in the Korean War, US Army veteran Chris Jones lands a job as a park ranger with the State Department of Natural Resources in Florida. The Silver Star winner is eager to start his new task of opening up Dade Battlefield, the site of an 1835 battle between the Seminole Indians and the US Army.
Unfortunately, Chris also lands smack in the middle of a feud. There are those in the nearby community of Bushnell who want the park out of state hands and returned to the local Battlefield Historical Society, and theyre determined to have their way. It doesnt help matters when Chris falls in love with June Trammel, one of Bushnells less-than-upstanding citizens, and begins to encounter the racism prevalent in the small Southern town.
Then something peculiar happens. One night, while out walking on the battlefield, he encounters a group of soldiers dressed in uniforms from the 1830s. These are no reenactors, but ghosts from the battle itself. Why have they come back to haunt the field, and what do they want?
As tensions in the town reach a breaking point, Chris must determine how he can bring peace not only to the community, but to the haunted souls walking Dade Battlefield.
Thom H. Weekley
Thom Weekley was born in 1948 in Leesburg, Florida. After thirty-four years as a teacher, he retired and worked at a hardware store for a year before retiring from that. He lives with his wife, Linda, and his cat Bryndl in the same house he grew up in. He enjoys photography and is a Mason and a Shriner. Thom has published two other novels, Monkey Island and The Button. He hopes to re-publish Iniquity and Grace by the first of the year. They can be found at Amazon.com and Barnes and Nobles.com. Many of the events in Osceola are real, but some names have been changed to protect the innocent.
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