Authorpreneur Dashboard – Michael Kenneth Smith
Scarred
Literature & Fiction
After fatally wounding the Confederate sharpshooter who killed his best friend, Zach Harkin’s sense of revenge changes to deep remorse when he views the dead man’s diary and a family photo tucked inside. Haunted, suffering from post traumatic stress, and unable to serve, he is mustered out of service. With scant information, he begins an epic journey to search for the dead man’s family. Captured, imprisoned, tortured, and thoroughly tested as a human being, he never expects to find love in the war-ravaged South he calls home. Kirkus raves, "Smith knows the Civil War in his bones." and The Civil War Monitor agrees noting, "History buffs and scholars alike will appreciate Smith’s dedication to historical accuracy."
Book Bubbles from Scarred
Telling the Story
In this excerpt from Chapter One, the year is 1908 and our protagonist Zach Harkin has just met New York World reporter Chris Martin. Martin has come to town to do a story for the city newspaper on Zach's experiences during the Civil War, more than forty years earlier. Experiences Zach has neither wanted to share, nor remember.
