The Republic of Texas is broke. Two very different men, however, still believe in the future of the republic and the gold-starred blue flag that is its symbol. One of these men is William Barret Travis, the republic's secretary of state.
The other is William Walker, a mercenary colonel at the centre of a conspiracy to make Texas a part of the Confederate States of America, currently fighting for their freedom from the United States. Walker, while being paid by a shadowy group in and around the Confederate government, has plans of his own, plans he hasn't yet shared with his employers.
Or with George S. Patton, the young Confederate officer from Virginia who, at the end of Dixie's Land, gave up his CSA commission to join Walker's invasion of Texas. Patton wants to become a hero and a leader of men, and he thinks service with Walker is the way to do this. And he's prepared to ignore any evidence that might prevent him from wholehearted support of the filibuster.
Patton's friend, Captain Charles Stewart, has seen the evidence too and cannot ignore it. He is racing from Virginia to Texas, hoping to reach the capital, Washington-on-the-Brazos, before it's too late to stop the invasion and conquest. Before it's too late to prevent an entire continent, if not the world, from going to war.
The Bonny Blue Flag is the sequel to Dixie's Land, and is set in the alternate-history Firebird Timeline. The novel is serialized on this blog beginning in the first week of September. Start reading it here.
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