sentences:  The novel mixes fictional characters with historical events and figures, to tell the story of the United States of America from 1836 to 1852.The story begins in March 1836, during the Battle of the Alamo, twenty-two years after the event depicted at the end of "The Seekers", book three of the series.Amanda Kent, daughter of Gilbert Kent and Harriet Lebow, was among the women and children who survived the ensuing massacre.