In this riveting Civil War adventure, Coyle's command of the battlefield brings home the grim reality of that wrenching conflict. At the heart of the story are two brothers, sons of a prosperous New Jersey businessman whose growing wealth and power are dependent on his ability to avoid choosing sides as the abolitionist movement takes hold. James and Kevin Bannon, who have always shielded each other from their father's tyrannical outbursts, see their fierce loyalty abruptly shattered by their rivalry over a woman—and her shocking, violent death. James is sent off to Virginia Military Institute to make something of himself, while Kevin attends college in the north. Soon they will find themselves on opposite sides in every great action of the war.
In the grand tradition of The Killer Angels, Look Away is a powerful, richly detailed work, full of the drama and anguish of America's cruelest war.
