Small town Alabama, 1905. Hard to imagine animosity and hatred for a lost cause still exist forty years after the Civil War's end. A July 4th celebration "accidentally" burns the colored section of Oakman to the ground in one night. In the ashes and total devastation, that lay waste to property and lives lost, is a treacherous secret. A story of hatred, deprivation and defiance lost in the ashes and lost to time. Not til amateur sleuth...