As the South reels following the Civil War, a group of survivors unite to rebuild a school in Tennessee. Over the next twenty years, they will navigate Reconstruction politics and social upheaval to found the University of the South. Told from eight perspectives--freed slaves, Confederate veterans, widows, students--These Hallowed Halls is an epic saga about building a university that has lasted for generations.

Founded in 1860 by Episcopal Clergy, the school's mission of providing an education to Southern elites is destroyed along with the rest of planter society in the ensuing war. The Confederate veterans who seek to rebuild must resist their fellow soldiers who wish to turn the school into a Southern West Point. Meanwhile, the freed slaves struggle to maintain their newfound rights against the Old South as they help rebuild. Widows seek a second chance at life by running boarding houses while students come to grips with the impact of the war on their parents. Between them all they must discover a new identity that does not involve slavery.

Set during one of the most turbulent times in American history, These Hallowed Halls is a work of historical fiction.

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In a world where women are in power and men are struggling to find a new identity, apprentice space lawyer Lane is about to find out that change has a heavy price. A utopian world so perfect that the government knows where you are and what you are doing every minute, one of his clients has gone missing. Now it’s Lane’s job to find her. Caught in a hostile landscape of male alliances and powerful matriarchs, the line between the virtual and the real is becoming harder and harder to identify as Lane’s world is turned upside down. When he discovers that his client is involved with a faster than light (FTL) travel device, he opens a Pandora’s box of conflicting, hidden agendas. As the case becomes more confusing and reality begins to mirror the virtual world, the future hangs in the balance as Lane fights to solve the mystery and prove his worth as a true space lawyer.

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When Sam Shade awakens in a brightly lit hospital room he is horrified to discover he has been cured of his vampirism. Caught between betraying his friends and helping the people who despise him, Sam is the first one blamed when an ancient holy book goes missing that is the key to fighting the undead. Racing against time, Sam must find out who did it before either side catches him.

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A student takes a break from his studies at Miskatonic University to embark on an icy voyage, only to stumble upon the world of cosmic horror. The trip turns South and the narrator eventually finds himself caught between the brutal realities of plantation slavery and Cthulhu’s minions. Set in 1837, this homage is a work of historical fiction set in the grim universe of H.P. Lovecraft.

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