When there is nowhere left to turn, you must turn to each other. After Anna Hoyt's sister commits suicide, Anna sets off for Atlanta to kill the man responsible for destroying her family - her fiance, Jim 'Whitey' Donovan. But Anna, a spirited though pampered daughter of a prominent doctor, can't do it alone. To get through the hell that lay between her Alabama home and Atlanta, she makes a deal with one of the Donovan slaves, Hattie Virgil, who has an agenda all her own. In exchange for a chance at freedom, Hattie, a survivor, will lead this unlikely pair on a quest that will change them both forever.