The Renegade Series
The war stories you've read told one side. This one tells the other.
J.D.R. Hawkins is one of the very few female authors to write the Civil War from the Confederate front lines, bringing that world to life with unflinching honesty and extraordinary emotional depth.
At the heart of the series is David Summers, just sixteen years old when the war begins. Two years later, he and his best friend Jake Kimball enlist together, marching into a conflict that will demand everything they have.
A Rarely Told Perspective
Most Civil War novels tell the Union story. J.D.R. Hawkins goes to the other side not to glorify, but to humanize.
David Summers is not a symbol. He is a boy. That distinction changes everything.
A Family Saga at Its Core
The Renegade Series is, above all, a story about what war does to a family. The waiting. The letters. The losses. The silences. Readers who love character-driven historical fiction will be completely absorbed.
Award-Winning Historical Accuracy
Multiple John Esten Cooke Fiction Award winners. B.R.A.G. Medallion winners across all four books. Amazon, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller.
Four Complete Novels
From enlistment to Reconstruction, the full arc of the Civil War era across four richly layered novels. Start with Book 1, and you will not stop.
David Summers & Jake Kimball
North Alabama · David: 18 · Jake: 17 · Confederate Volunteers · April 1863
David was sixteen when the war broke out a farm boy from Alabama with no slaves and a dream of heading West. Two years later, he and his best friend Jake Kimball enlist together in April 1863, marching into a war that will demand everything: their innocence, their friendship, and the futures they had barely begun to imagine.
A Beautiful Glittering Lie: A Novel of the Civil War (The Renegade Series)
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A Beckoning Hellfire: A Novel of the Civil War (The Renegade Series Book 2)
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A Rebel Among Us: A Novel of the Civil War (The Renegade Series)
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Double-Edged Sword: A Novel of Reconstruction Book Four of the Renegade Series
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| Series | Book One | Book Two | Book Three | Book Four |
| Awards | John Esten Cooke Award | Amazon Bestseller | John Esten Cooke Award | John Esten Cooke Award |
About J.D.R. Hawkins
J.D.R. Hawkins is one of a rare few female authors writing the American Civil War from the Confederate perspective, bringing the front lines to life with depth, empathy, and storytelling craft that has earned her the genre's highest honors.
An Amazon, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. Her inspiration came from a visit to the Gettysburg battlefield what would drive an ordinary young man to march into one of history's most devastating wars?
