File Size: 3402 KB
Print Length: 538 pages
Publisher: A Voice In The World Publishing; 1 edition (August 2, 2010)
Publication Date: August 2, 2010
Sold by: Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B004443YVK
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I'd just finished reading my advance copy of Joseph's Dream, the World War I epic by Elana Beth Schwab (http://www..com/gp/product/1505823692) when I found Dark Chaos, another excellent war novel with a strong Judeo-Christian moral stance, and harsh realism that makes the battle scenes exciting without romanticizing war.Dark Chaos is a well-balanced ensemble piece, with each of the prinicipal characters getting almost equal “screen-time.” Even the marriage of Carrie and Robert is fully explored from both perspectives. We see the American Civil War through the eyes of a woman doctor, a black Union soldier, a Northern journalist, a captain in the Confederate army, a plantation owner, a schoolteacher in a black refugee camp, a woman suffragist, and a former slave. We follow the course of the war week by week thoroughout 1863 and 1864. The battle scenes are the best part of Dark Chaos, because in every major battle, an important character that the reader is emotionally invested in is fighting on each side. This is an unusual approach in war fiction. The theatrical drama and the moral complexity of the story are greatly increased because the reader doesn't know which side to root for.History wonks will enjoy the detailed descriptions of a Southern military prison, a refugee camp for escaped slaves, a street riot in New York, a deserted plantation, and a black battalion in the Union army. There are lyrics from Civil War era popular songs, assasination attempts against Jefferson Davis, wartime improvements in shipbuilding technology, prisoner exchanges, even battlefield weather reports and the name of Stonewall Jackson's horse!
My MusingsAnd this amazing story continues with the fourth book of The Bregdan Chronicles. Dark Chaos is filled with turmoil of the times as the north continues to wage war against the south. I must mention that even though these books are quite long, the pacing is so good that they read as a much shorter story.This edition of this saga starts out on a happy note with Carrie at long last marrying Robert Borden. Unfortunately that does not last long. General Lee needs him to lead his men in the defense of, yet again, another assault on Richmond. The day after their wedding, Carrie has to kiss him goodbye and live in fear that he will not make it through the upcoming battle.Dark Chaos covers the period from the spring of 1863 to the following spring. Up to this point the south has come out the victor in most of the battles, but the tide turns when Grant takes over the Army of the West with Joseph Hooker as the Commander of the Army of the Potomac.After a decisive victory over Hooker at Chancellorsville, Lee marches his army north, while Robert is sent on a diplomatic mission to England. While he is disappointed when Carrie decides to stay in Richmond instead of joining him, he accepts her decision, knowing his strong-willed wife will not change her mind.Robert is safe in England when Lee suffers a huge defeat at Gettysburg and Grant is victorious in his campaign to take Vicksburg, gaining control of the Mississippi, cutting the south in half. Unfortunately Carrie and Robert’s friend from Philadelphia, Matthew Justin, is not and ends up back in Libby prison.While Dark Chaos has many dark moments, the love between the various couples grows stronger.
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