The Crossing opens a new trilogy about the years leading up to the Civil War. Widower Daniel Tremayne returns to his Amish roots, while his son, Yancy, joins a Virginia militia and becomes one of "Stonewall's Boys" in the War Between the States. Rich with characters struggling to make sense of the war and Amish pacifism while maintaining loyalty to family, the first in The Last Cavaliers series combines adventure and romance in a thick historical and religious setting and fills the page with believable missives, news reports, and a love story in the midst of war.