Written by Laurence James and John Harvey, the adventures of Caleb Thorn take place during the American Civil War ... a conflict that becomes decidedly personal after Thorn's beloved mother is killed by Rebel artillery fire. When Thorn subsequently falls foul of his commanding officer -- whose son he killed in a duel -- Thorn is given a stark choice ... spend the rest of his days languishing in a stockade, or take a bunch of condemned men on a whole series of missions, any one of which could result in their death ....
Thorn's Raider's - the name struck fear amongst the Confederacy in America's bloody Civil War. A bunch of condemned criminals leb by born killer, Caleb Thorn adopt guerrilla tactits to win the war. But this time, Thorn is separated from the Raiders and thrown into the thick of one of the most vicious battles of the War: Shiloh. Bloody Shiloh.
The third story in the savage series set in the American Civil War. It was a bitter winter in a war tearing a nation apart. Thorn's Raiders - a gang of criminals, reprieved only to be sent on raiding missions against the South. Led by Caleb Thorn, their murderous skills are pushed to the limits the Christmas the Raiders faced Captain Hector Tyree of the Southern army.
SEEK AND DESTROY
That was the order given to Caleb Thorn and his troop of Union desperadoes on their missions against the South in America’s vicious Civil War. Not that Thorn’s Raiders needed any encouraging. Hardened and skilful killers to a man, they relished the chances for ambush, pillage, destruction and indiscriminate brutality that their desperate assignments gave them.
2nd in the series
1861 is about to change Caleb Thorn’s life forever. He has scant interest in his country’s civil turmoil until it dramatically intrudes into his life. He witnesses the chaos at the Battle of Bull Run in which his mother and fiancée become victims. But this doesn’t prepare him for what would come next. First in a new action-led series.