“The incomparable A Nation Divided [is] one of the greatest Civil War dramas ever written." Jeff Sagansky, former President Sony Pictures, CBS Entertainment, & Tri-Star Pictures "American history as it should be seen and understood... Riveting...often appalling...somehow uplifting. Going to transform American's understanding of the Civil War." Thomas Fleming, international bestselling author and historian America is under attack from within. A nation divided on every issue. Across the land, political, social, and racial intolerance increasingly turns to violence... VOLUME 1: 1839 to JULY 1862 From West Point to the Seven Days Battles A NATION DIVIDED is a three-volume collection of the celebrated original teleplays for an Event Miniseries of the American Civil War. The series thrives upon the personal relationships of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee and their generals. Schoolmates and friends at West Point, they forge a brotherhood in battle fighting side-by-side in Mexico and create blood ties in peace as they marry into each other's families. With the onset of Civil War, forced to choose sides North and South, our "Band of Generals" and their families must face one another in battle over the soul of their nation. "Unforgettable! One of the best miniseries I've ever read." Mark Burnett-Emmy winning producer and MGM Television Chairman A NATION DIVIDED focuses on the emotional landscape of these men, their wives, and children, and the men and women of color who live and fight alongside them. Their loyalties, loves, and brutalities are put to the bloody test across the battlefields of five Aprils against the moment they live in and the future they are fighting to create. Some friendships dissolve into hatred; some families are torn apart by heartbreak; some enemies find grace in forgiveness. Yet, at the end of the bloodiest conflict in our history, the color barrier between black and white in America is transformed, freedom prevails, and the nation reunites to become an enduring beacon of hope to the world. Praise for Beckner's SPY GAME NOVELS... MUIR'S GAMBIT: 2023 GOLD MEDAL, BEST FIRST NOVEL - Independent Publishers Awards - 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST - Foreword Review INDIE Awards - 2022 SPY THRILLER OF THE YEAR - BestThrillers - "A chilling, inspired espionage thriller!" EDITOR'S CHOICE Publishers Weekly - "Relentlessly tense! Smashing!" Kirkus Reviews - "A brilliant opening salvo in the Aiken Trilogy. " BlueInk Reviews - "Succeeds on so many levels that its course is not only unpredictable, but thoroughly delightful!" HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - Midwest Book Review - "Multi-layered...gritty and tense!" 5/5 STARS Foreword Reviews - "Epic! Edge-of-your-seat action!" RECOMMENDED - US Review of Book BISHOP'S ENDGAME: 2023 BRONZE MEDAL, BEST SUSPENSE NOVEL - Independent Publishers Awards - "This mission doesn't disappoint... Lovers of epic, complex espionage thrillers will devour this sprawling Spy Game sequel." EDITOR'S CHOICE Publishers Weekly - "Startling secrets... Double crossings... Explosive action... A marvelous narrator ignites an engaging story of spies, deceit, and murky history." Kirkus Reviews - "Nothing short of epic ... a raging inferno of action and thrill." RECOMMENDED, The US Review of Books - "Sparklingly original and satisfyingly hard to predict." HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, Midwest Book Review AIKEN IN CHECK: "Thoroughly mind-bending, time-twisting, betrayal-baiting... The rare novel that teaches as well as entertains..." RECOMMENDED US Review of Books - "Daring, ambitious, and thematically rich... Aiken in Check [edges] beyond the genre expectations... Freighted with moral, philosophical weight...the epic climax of this trilogy thrills as it digs deep." EDITOR'S CHOICE, Publishers Weekly - "Embraces more literary prowess than most genre reads and is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!" - Midwest Book Review In 1989, Michael Frost Beckner's script for Sniper launched a military-thriller franchise now in production on its eighth sequel. Three consecutive record-breaking spec script sales and three films later, Tony Scott directed Beckner's original screenplay Spy Game. An international blockbuster that paired Robert Redford and Brad Pitt as CIA partners and rivals, it is now a classic in the espionage genre. Branching into television with his CIA-based drama The Agency for CBS, Beckner's pilot predicted Osama bin Laden's terror attack and the War on Terror four months before 9/11. In that series alone, Beckner would go on to predictively dramatize three more international terror events. Having penned more than twenty-five pilots for network and cable television, miniseries and docudramas, and dozens of original motion picture screenplays, adaptations, and rewrites, he is a Hollywood institution. As a commentator on American espionage, Beckner has appeared on CNN, Fox News, CBS News, TF1 in France, and as a featured guest of Bill Maher on HBO. Now, i