The Grip of Death This thrilling sequel to Blind Legacy follows Union prisoner of war and Confederate deserter, Jake Hawkins as he defies the odds by escaping down a sewage conduit at Fort Delaware. A week later, following a desperate plunge into the raging Potomac River, Jake emerges on the other shore to meet Jeannie. Though smitten by love's thunderbolt, Jake is compelled to return to the war. After enduring two years of war-hell, the Hawkins and Stone families of Franklin County, Virginia come to understand they are indeed caught in the grip of death, pawns in a war over which they have no control.
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