The Garden of the Serpent

Set during the Civil War, Colonel Michael Baker oversees a corrupt prison at Fort Harmer, exploiting captured Confederate soldiers through a web of bribery and violence. His reign faces a challenge when Secretary of War Edwin Stanton dispatches Major Thomas Lamond to dismantle Baker's empire. Battling personal demons, Lamond allies with a Confederate sergeant, navigating the treacherous dynamics of the prison as he seeks to topple Baker and his assistant, Major Jonathan Kelly, in a high-stakes confrontation.