Barely an adolescent, Richard Leggett goes to war. He chose to abandon his youth for the call of a once in a lifetime odyssey. In doing so, he became what he thought was not possible - a man without a moral compass. Without thought to consequences, he threw off his Methodist upbringing, forfeiting his eternal salvation for the ephemeral forbidden pleasures of the moment. He mastered evil. When he realizes the South cannot win, he concocts a murderous plan to make certain his family will have enough money to start over in England. Utterly destroyed by all he has seen and done on the...