Play for a Kingdom » (Unabridged)

The creator of imaginative historical fiction, Thomas Dyja's books have brilliantly drawn characters who come to life on the page. Praised by the likes of Caleb Carr, Kurt Andersen and the Washington Post Book World, Dyja is someone to watch.

In this “brilliantly imagined and neatly plotted” Civil War novel (Boston Globe), two battle-scarred companies-one Union, one Confederate-embark on a series of baseball games amid the carnage at Spotsylvania. “Wonderfully conceived and eloquently executed” (Caleb Carr). Maps.

Parade Magazine

Imaginative and suspenseful. Riveting in the vivid descriptions of the struggle at Spotsylvania. And there's a particularly affecting episode involving a company of black Union soldiers...