Journey To Cherry Mansion

I enjoyed Zeiss's first historic novel. His depiction of 'real people' and their struggles to perform a patriotic duty (General Will Wallace and Ann), as well as live a life that involves love, challenges, and a desire to fulfil a complete life brought home a message of who we should be and how we should carry on with strength and dignity. The description of each character enabled me to 'feel' the environment in which each participated...the strong and the weak.

Tony Zeiss is a friend, and "Journey To Cherry Mansion" is his first novel - after having written several interesting, inspirational and informative business related books. Not being a civil war enthusiast, I did intend to at least review the book for my friend, by scanning every other page or so. However, starting with page one, I read not only every page, but my eyes were glued to every word. I didn`t want to miss a thing. This is one of the few books I found impossible to lay down. With this wonderful, exhilarating life story of Civil War hero, General Will Wallace, Tony Zeiss has found his niche in life. Tony compels the reader to anxiously move toward the next page, knowing that more dramatic excitement is just around the corner. His obvious attention to detail and research and his rebelling against the use of sex and violence to hold his reader (he used damn twice and dammit once), is most unusual among contemporary writers. But, the book is also one of intense and beautiful romance, a love story told in a way that grasps and holds the readers attention down to the last word on the last page. This book is indeed superior to many that attain the New York Times Best Seller List. I would love to have the movie rights. My wife and I bought 25 copies (she is as excited about "Journey To Cherry Mansion" as I am) to proudly give out to our friends. And I expect we will need 25 more before Christmas. If his very busy schedule will allow, and if he so desires, Tony Zeiss is destined to become known internationally among the top historic novelist. In summary, THIS GUY IS GOOD!