James H. Guild has a unique challenge: his telegraph company has been asked by the Governor of Nevada Territory to send the longest telegram ever sent — over 250 pages of text!He agrees to the task, but knows that the only two operators that can handle that amount of work … can’t stand each other.One is a republican and the other is a democrat during one of the most contentious elections in American history: Lincoln vs. McClellan.And the fate of the union rests on them getting the job done.

Note: Though this is historical fiction and the characters have been developed to accommodate a story, their attributes and development may be useful as reference points and inspirations.