When a slain clerk's ID is discovered in a young African American's car in Conway, South Carolina, he and his best friend are arrested, then mysteriously disappear from county lockup. They are brutally tortured under the guidance of a cruel, racist man known to most as Judge Barnes. A novel by African American writer Killian Prophet is also discovered in the car. The contents of which lead the KKK to believe that Killian Prophet has intimate knowledge of the Ku Klux Klan's bloody history in Conway. The Ku Klux Klan targets the author, breaking into his home and murders his wife. Two years later, just as Killian Prophet is rebuilding his life, his hateful tormentors strike again by kidnapping his daughter, Tressa. Desperate for her return and seeking revenge for his wife's murder, Killian Prophet faces the biggest challenge of his life. What will he do to save Tressa? Will he find any measure of justice in Judge Barnes' kangaroo court?