The action packed story of German loyalists living in Texas during the Civil War and their struggle to survive. The River of Bones sets the three Merzlang brothers who have immigrated to the Texas Hill country on a collision with history and each other. When the Texas hill country becomes part of the Confederacy, German immigrants must join a cause they despise or risk being branded as traitors. Each of the Merzlang brothers have dark secrets and past sins they will have to answer for. The story of the Merzlang brothers is set during the bloody American civil war 1861-1865 in the hill Country of Texas. The German immigrants who are loyal to the Union, are pitted against Confederate forces bent on their destruction. This is a story of survival and perseverance.