The War Within is a gritty, action-packed, and vividly told, first novel that explores the ravaging effect of war on vastly different characters---A Boston debutante, a southern Civil War veteran, and a Comanche warrior. Each has his or her own anger, hatred, motivations, fears, and emotional damage...and when their paths cross, their lives are irrevocably and brutally bound. Set against the most emotionally charged era in U.S. history---just after the Civil War and the beginning of the western expansion--- The War Within exposes the cultural conflicts that accompanied the settling of the west. This book is hard to put down regardless of your favorite reading genre. It should be a movie. .......................................Elisa Chand ( critique)