Armored Giants - Civil War, Bk 5 Author:F. Van Wyck Mason The year is 1861. War is raging and Lincoln's blockade is failing. Rumors run riot of an iron-girded Rebel ship being built in Norfolk. It's believed that nothing will be able to stop it once it's afloat. — In New York City, a group of rogues and runaways gather, looking for excitement and fortune: Dion O'Dea, an Irish brawler and... more » escaped convict; Kitty Hamilton, an alluring woman running from her past; Lionel Humphrey, British correspondent; Arlette D'Aubrey, French spy.
At the center of the saga is Union Navy Lieutenant David Dexter, betrothed to a Virginia belle, who volunteers for the mission to spy on the construction of the Merrimack.
At the same time, Dexter's friend Ira Thatcher begins his own commission on "Ericsson's Folly," the iron-plated ship known as the Monitor.« less