Age of Conflict: Innocence Lost by Eric Lindsey

A powerfully penned portrait of the past brought to life through the eyes of a remarkable young boy, Age of Conflict: Innocence Lost by Eric Lindsey is a striking glimpse into America’s scarred history. Wrestling with his own physical and emotional demons, Garit is a life-toughened but tender protagonist with youthful desires for an exciting future, but as the book’s title implies, innocence has little chance of survival in 1860s Virginia, as the fires of war began to burn. Written with meticulously crafted prose and dialogue that reveals class, culture, and character, this first installment of Lindsey’s ambitious series is an exceptionally strong work of historical fiction, which is unexpectedly timely.