Only The Leaves Whispering

<p>Jock MacNeil the eldest son of a Highland Catholic family leaves school at thirteen to follow his father's footsteps and become a blacksmith. But after a family tragedy changes his plans Jock joins CSS Alabama and heads to the New World.</p><p>He befriends the retired Royal Navy Surgeon James Gunn and David Llewellyn Assistant Surgeon of Alabama. Living among the seamen Jock learns how to take responsibility - and how to defend himself. </p><p>But can Jock survive the perilous journey and what awaits him in the Civil War on the other side of the Atlantic?</p>