After taking part in the surrender at Appomattox, Tom Majors, his father, and his brother are reunited with their friends who fought for the Union, and decide to return to Kentucky, confident that the Lord will help them to make a new life for themselves.

"A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history Kentucky, 1850. Jarrett, an enslaved groom, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young...