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Rebel Fever
by David Healey
Book 1 in the Civil War series.
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During the winter of 1862, the American Civil War has lasted longer than either side expected. Confederate extremists develop a plan to spread a deadly epidemic in Washington, believing disease can achieve what battlefield victories have failed to accomplish.
Confederate leaders fear that an indiscriminate biological attack will destroy European sympathy for their cause and send an agent to stop the plot. The mission forces him to infiltrate fellow Southerners while Union authorities remain unaware of the threat. Preventing mass death may require betraying men who regard themselves as patriots.