Gary Hays

Higher Ground Gary Hays

Bound by a friendship forged during the Civil War, two friends are impelled by events to confront the limits of truth. Escaping a painful home life, fifteen-year-old Connie Hayes enlists in the Union Army, where he meets his lifelong friend, Patrick O'Hearn. Even before their regiment's first battle, they find themselves embroiled in a violent encounter that will have a lasting and unique impact on their respective lives. Higher Ground is the story of one young man's yearning for acceptance and the other's quest for truth. In the end, each man is reconciled to the forces that carry them through a tumultuous period in American history.