The Duelist

In this novella, Revolutionary War hero turned soldier of fortune Major Quentin Knox returns from Europe's Napoleonic Wars broken in spirit and impoverished. A deadly duelist and fearless soldier, he has seen and done things of which he is not proud. With his last coins, he buys passage to the Chesapeake Bay Tidewater country that he remembers from his youth. But instead of peace, he finds his skills as a swordsman called upon once again to teach a teenager from the local gentry the art of the sword in preparation for a duel that he is being forced into fighting. Knox soon engages in the most challenging swordplay of his life as he enters a dangerous game to keep two young friends from killing one another in a duel. And in a final act of violence, he may finally find his own redemption.

Now includes bonus chapters from Rebel Train, a Civil War novel.


Genre: Thriller