Gabe Granger gathers intelligence for George Washington, even after he’s bitten by a vampyre in the service of the British. Remember Littlebury, his longtime friend, stays with him as his black swan, keeping him safe from sunlight and getting messages to General Washington.<br><br>After the war ends, they continue working for the fledgling government through one conflict after another. When Gabe loses Remember at the Battle of Gettysburg, he’s ready to give up, but his country still needs his services. And there are many black swans for him to choose from. None are any more fortunate than Remember, and one by one they’re killed in various wars.<br><br>All Noah Poynter wants is to be a black swan, and he’s devastated when his pop tells him he’s just a normal. In spite of everything, Gabe and Noah become friends. Is there any hope for the two of them?

The Black Swan

Culminating in the Battle of Gettysburg, when a quack took his arm and his leg and gave him little in the way of sulfuric ether or chloroform to numb the pain.


And Gabriel, with blood-red tears streaming down his cheeks, eased the way for Remember to cross over.


Noah opened his eyes and blinked the tears from his lashes.


Mother Morwen rested her palm against his cheek. “So you see, you were always first in his heart.”


Noah smiled at her. “And now I am again.”


“Do you hunt?” Morwen asked as she pulled up the buggy in front of her little cabin.


“I have, although not for a few years.” When the family went camping, they’d hunt for their own food, so he was familiar with a rifle and bow and arrow, as well as a sling similar to what David had used to knock down Goliath.


He stood watching as Morwen unerringly removed the harness from Daisy and set her free to graze in a nearby pasture.


Chapter 49