Penn Cage is shattered by grief and dreaming of vengeance. The woman he loves is gone and his
father Dr. Tom Cage is about to be tried for the murder of a former lover Viola Turner. In
the 1960s South Viola became a nexus point between Penn's father and a savage splinter cell of
the KKK called the Double Eagles. Today those men want Dr. Cage to take the fall for them or
take his secrets to an early grave. Unable to trust anyone?not even his mother?Penn joins
forces with Serenity Butler a former soldier. Together they battle to crack the Double Eagles
and uncover the secrets of both the Cage family and the South itself risking the only thing
they have left to gamble: their lives. With piercing insight extraordinary narrative prowess
and a masterful ability to blend history and imagination Greg Iles illuminates the brutal
story of the American South in a highly atmospheric and unforgettable novel.
