Spring of 1856. Veteran of the Crimean War and the Nicaraguan Civil War, Samuel Kingston's guilty over his father's death withdraws from his loved ones, including his pregnant wife. Disagreement over baby's baptism exposes the religious rift between them. Sofia's fifteen-year-old brother, Filipe, arrives from Nicaragua, and Samuel shuns his news of the Filibuster War that killed his father; he wants nothing more to do with Nicaragua.When his enemies, the Earls of Lucan and Sligo, freeze Samuel's...