A Son of the Gods and A Horseman in the Sky

Ambrose Bierce

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Two of his best war stories in one volume: a young officer who rides alone toward a hidden enemy, and a Union sentry who has to choose between his duty and his father. Includes an introduction by the writer W. C. Morrow.

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