Cross Keys

It was supposed to be an easy ransom. The thieves had stolen the Mosby battle flag from a museum display, and were now trying to sell it back to the insurance company. Jack MacLeod agrees to take the money to the exchange point, a little known intersection near the town of Cross Keys, Virginia. But he arrives to be gunned down, the ransom money and the flag taken.A conspiracy hidden since the end of the Civil War. A tattered battle flag that once belonged to Col. John S. Mosby, the Confederacy's "Gray Ghost." A treasure of gold and jewels stolen from plantations throughout the South. A plan to use violence and deceit to dramatically expand the borders of the United States.And in the middle of it is Virginia fraud investigator Jack MacLeod. Out to piece together a mystery that stretches back to 1862. And to recover what was taken from him - the money, the flag, and his honor.