A Confederate Captain and his patrol are betrayed by his own commander and subsequently is ambushed by a Yankee Captain and his troops. They murder said Confederate patrol and bury them in a muck bog. The Yankees had taken contraband gold and thus the theft was blamed on the Confederate Captain (Jesse Carstairs) and his squad and thusly considered thieves and deserters. In a quirk of fate, Jesse is caught in a spiritual static state and cannot find peace unless a like heir can clear his name. He is confined to his own ranch and cannot leave the premises until he is freed from his fate. After over 140 years pass, a young Marine Lieutenant hero back from Iraq inherit's the property and ultimately qualifies as the appropriate heir needed. This is where the mystery begins and how the young Marine finds a way to trace down the culprits involved after going back in time to 1865 through a 4th dimension...a parallel world where time matters not. The adventures experienced both in this world and the other are what makes the intrigue of it all. There is a girl involved, thus a hint of romance and the reader will be surprised at the twist at the ending.