In this Southern Fiction novel, retired Circuit Judge David H. Maring transports his readers to a small town.There in 1948 an African-American hero is wrongfully accused of the rape and murder of two white women. With race relations already strained, this heinous crime incites a lynch mob. When the Ku Klux Klan challenges the legal system, the governor activates the state militia, As the murder trial moves forward, the broad spectrum of social, political, and racial hierarchy emerge to defend their interest.