Finding War

by Steve Bartholomew

Sometimes you look for peace and find war.The Civil War finds California. Ira Beard volunteers to defend the Union. Instead of traveling east he's sent to bring down a Rebel who has been robbing gold mines. Ira believes in honor and a righteous cause. When he gets wind of a plot to rob the San Francisco mint, he knows he has a war on his hands. When he learns his wife Octavia is held hostage, he really gets mad.Octavia de LaLuz, Ira's wife, is determined to help whether he knows it or not. She decides to become a double agent, spying for both North and South. Playing a dangerous game, she feeds false information to the Rebels and reports back to her Union handler. When the Confederates take her hostage she wonders if maybe she's in over her head. Read the book and travel to a time past, which haunts us yet today.

248 pages, Paperback

Published November 23, 2017

About the author

The author was born a long time ago. He spent three years in the US Army where he learned a lot of vital skills, such as how to use a soldering iron and screwdriver, as well as how to make the bed, mop the floor, and wash dishes. He grew up and spent most of his life in San Francisco. After obtaining a useless liberal arts degree, he became a social worker and did more than 20 years in the mean streets of New York City, San Francisco, and rural California.

He is now devoted to writing books, which he should have been doing in the first place. He has written some science fiction and fantasy, but is now mainly interested in tales of the Old West. Previous publications include The Terrorist Plot at Gopherville, Gold, A Tale of the California Gold Rush, Journey to Rhyolite and Chapel Perilous.