Sultana

Sultana - The Last Road Home
The Titanic of the Mississippi

A war survived. A promise made. A river that would not forgive.

In the spring of 1865, as the Civil War draws to its bitter close, Union cavalry captain Brody Mallory carries one last order: escort broken, half-starved survivors of Confederate prison camps home by rail and river. But when the steamboat Sultana departs Vicksburg overloaded and listing, the men aboard believe they are only hours from freedom.

They are wrong.

Based on the true story of the deadliest maritime disaster in U.S. history, Sultana - The Last Road Home blends unflinching historical detail with haunting prose and unforgettable characters. From the scorched fields of the Carolinas to the soot-streaked decks of the doomed steamboat, the novel follows one soldier's journey through duty, memory, and the quiet hope of a door left unlatched.

More than 1,800 lives were lost-more than the Titanic-but their names were swallowed by silence. This is their story: a tribute to endurance, a reckoning with loss, and a reminder that even the forgotten deserve to be remembered.

For readers of Cold Mountain, The Things They Carried, and historical epics grounded in human truth.