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The second book in Bernard Cornwell's bestselling series on the American Civil War.Nathanial Starbuck is a Copperhead: a northerner fighting for the rebel South in America's Civil War.Expelled from the Faulconer Legion, Starbuck must travel a hard road before he can rejoin his comrades. He must join the shadowy war of betrayal and espionage, where nothing is certain and no one can be trusted.

A copperhead is a turncoat, a northerner who sympathises with the South. Captain Nate Starbuck, forced out of his beloved Legion by the enmity of its founder, General Washington Faulconer, becomes caught up in dangerous double game of espionage.

When African jihadis attack a Nigerian regiment using American weapons, Cabrillo and the Oregon crew are on the case, investigating from Afghanistan to Kuala Lumpur to track a mysterious arms dealer—a genius, or perhaps a devil—known only as the Vendor. Cabrillo goes undercover to find the Vendor’s base, but his adversary isn’t just an arms smuggler. He’s an arms maker, and Cabrillo just walked into a lethal military game alongside the most dangerous mercenaries in the world, designed to test the Vendor’s cutting-edge AI arsenal.

Bernard Cornwells große Saga um den Amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg komplett in einem Hörbuch. „Starbuck: Der Rebell" Der Bostoner Pastorensohn Nathaniel Starbuck flieht nach einem Skandal zu seinem Freund Adam nach Virginia in den Südstaaten. Als der Bürgerkrieg droht, wird er fast als Spion gelyncht, aber von dem reichen Washington Faulconer gerettet, dem Vater von Adam. In dessen Regiment wird er Offizier und später Kriegsheld, bevor er schließlich zu seinem Feind wird.