Historical Fiction

They waited from the time of the American Civil War for the South to rise again. They waited, watched, plotted and killed. They guarded buried trerasure. In April 1865, as the end of the Civil War neared, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, had the Confederate treasury and the wealth of several banks placed on a special train and moved from Richmond, Virginia into Georgia. Legend says The Knights of The Golden Circle buried the cargo of gold and silver bars, gold dust and gold and silver coins, setting up elaborate signs leading to the treasure cache. They have guarded it ever since from treasure hunters, waiting for the Confederacy to rise again. Finally the Knights of The Golden Circle are ready to strike a massive blow against the U.S. Government. Only Rory Mack Steele stands in the way as he tries to protect two young children and two innocent adults caught up in their mad scheme.

Rocco and Besha DeLuca rise from grinding poverty to feed alcohol to the monsters of 1920s prohibition - Arnold 'The Brain' Rothstein, Joe Masseria, Bugsy Seigal, Dutch Schultz, Lucky Luciano, and the viscious duo of Johnny Torio and Al Capone - along with the many other ruthless American mobsters who fill their pockets with riches while blood stains their hands. But Rocco and Besha are no saints themselves. He's the muscle and she's the brains as they climb over the bodies to become king and queen of the bootleggers and rum-runners and create their Whiskey Empire.