Brian Keator

A Strong Conflict Brian Keator

A Strong Conflict: In the Trenches of Darkness is the second book in the highly historically accurate Strong Brotherhood series set, and it is a direct sequel to A Strong Brotherhood in Blood, continuing with Zachary Strongs epic journey in Company K during the American Civil War. Despite over two years of war and personal tragedy and the undoubted knowledge of close cousins in gray, Zachary fights not only the visible enemy, but his own weariness, emotional psyche, and erosion within the darkest corridors of his mind. Through the hardshipshorrors, heartbreaks, tribulations, and savagery of men in times of warZachary questions whether the Southern Confederacy is, in fact, his greatest enemy. As the war enters its third summer, it now turns toward Zacharys own home as the two immense Eastern armies cross into Pennsylvania for the Gettysburg Campaign. A Strong Conflict is not only a depiction of what men ceaselessly endured or of historical events, but also of the timeless story of psychological change and the evolution of men in war, as well as the endurance and perseverance of the human spirit. It is extensively researched and based on numerous primary documents written by the common men who were there. A Strong Conflict: In the Trenches of Darkness is the second book in a series set of innovative and highly unique crossover novels, all with the same historical accuracy and integrity of A Strong Brotherhood in Blood, which will satisfy both the novice and the professional historian.