Here is the dramatic first year of the Civil War at sea, the incredible torching of the Union warships at Norfolk, the battle for Port Royal, the burning of Jacksonville, and the infamous Trent Affair, a secret conspiracy to bring England into the war on the side of the Confederacy. The book, accurate in historical detail, focuses on the moral and ethical dilemma faced by Jonathon Wade is choosing his allegiances to his country or his state, and between the two moan that love him.