Books by Lowell F Volk

Luke struggles to keep his family safe as Union soldiers march through the South burning crops, destroying buildings, and killing livestock. When a band of renegades dressed as Union soldiers attacks his home, killing his brother and beating him and his mother, Luke must leave the farm to find his father.Luke and his father return to see their farm facing a new threat -- carpetbaggers from the North who threaten to seize their land. When Luke and his father resist, Luke has to kill a carpetbagger to defend his father. The leader of the carpetbaggers reports to the Union army that Luke killed his man in cold blood. Luke must either stay with his family and risk being hanged or leave his home forever in search of a better life in the West.In Luke Taylor: Westward Bound, Luke races against time, Union soldiers, and bounty hunters on his way to join a wagon train in Independence, Missouri. With only a packhorse, a few days' supply of food, and a stowaway dog, Luke heads west on a tense, adventure-filled journey of survival. Luke Taylor: Westward Bound takes readers along on a thrilling quest for freedom, peace, and ultimately, revenge.

The South is calling for men to support the cause, and Jake Taylor answers. Joining General Jackson as a scout in the Civil War, Jake leaves his wife and five children, putting his Virginia farm in the hands of his three sons.But the war's skirmishes creep beyond the battlefield and hit the farms, now absent of men. Renegades dressed as Union solders raid the Taylor farm and kill one of the sons. Luke Taylor, the oldest, sets out to find his father while visions of revenge churn in his mind. In his travels, he stumbles upon the renegades and begins to work out his version of justice. Will he succeed? And more important, will revenge satisfy?Book One of the Luke Taylor Trevor Lane Series, The Taylors' Civil War drops the reader into the midst of the Civil War -- in battles fought by soldiers on the field and by those left behind, all of whom would rather be living simply and peacefully while honestly providing for their families.