“A strong body has run in my family for many generations. Broad shoulders, hands larger than most, and just enough love of a good fight when put upon to convince men they had made a mistake.”

Elijah Johnson was that man of true strength in body and mind. But he carried the grief of the family and friends he had lost because of a country at war. And he carried a load of sorrows that only the peace of God almighty could help him carry.

On his way to a journey of thousands of miles to begin a new life, he meets a baby girl and her mother. As Elijah steps in to do the...