He was the mind behind the throne—until the throne turned on him. Born in the chaos of a broken America, Newton’s brilliance made him indispensable to presidents, generals, and rebels alike. With every crisis—border wars, political betrayals, secret codes—his genius tipped the scales, even as it made him enemies at every level of power. But when an old prophecy and a family’s ambition threaten to unravel the fragile peace, Newton faces the ultimate test: can one man’s intellect outwit the weight of history and the fury of those he once saved? When the country’s fate hangs by a thread, will the legend stand—or fall with the house he built?
He remembers battles he never fought—and now, so much more is at stake. President Gregory Caldwell is losing his grip on a broken America, hounded by rivals and haunted by memories that aren’t his own. When visions of Charles Booker—the hero who once rebuilt the nation—flood his mind, Caldwell inherits not only Booker’s genius for war, but his unbreakable will. With the Northern Coalition on the march and traitors circling, Caldwell must decide: embrace these ghostly memories to save the Union, or risk everything for a peace that may never come. As the drums of war thunder closer and spies close in, can Caldwell unite the country before the first shot is fired? Or will the ghosts of America’s past become its final undoing?