Real facts and fictional imagination are woven throughout the story....The writing is truly gifted and (Hamit) is inventive with his use of of real and fictional dialogs and narratives of people and events. He captures this place and time in our history (and ) does something else that is rather rare; he captures the female energy of Belle Boyd so that she has power, intelligence, sex appeal and cunning. He also gives us a good supporting cast of characters. For those who like the Civil War or just a good adventure story this is a book worth reading. I give it five stars. W. H. McDonald, Jr. Past President, Military Writers Society of America

Although Women were not formally allowed to become soldiers until the late twentieth century, this doesn't mean they did not participate. "The Shenandoah Spy" is the story of Isabelle Boyd and her time as a confederate spy. Disguising her acts in public by appearing as a Union sympathizer, she uses many deceptive tactics to keep her identity under wraps as she does everything she can in order to give the Confederacy a leg up in the American Civil War. Hamit has done his research, and it shows in "The Shenandoah Spy", a riveting and recommended tale of women in the war where the most American lives were lost. Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)

Historical fact-based fiction about the famous spy who played a key role in Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. This narrative take place between July 1861 and July 1862 and is the first in a series about the Confederate Secret Service and the women who were it's most effective agents. Belle Boyd was the first woman in American History to be formally commissioned an army officer.