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Guided only by the stars and a consuming need for his family, Juno and the steadfast Bet cross sixty miles of enemy terrain to infiltrate the gates of South Carolina's Rose Hill Plantation. Under the cover of a sulfurous, suffocating coastal fog, they slip into the shadowed quarters behind Madison Chambers' grand estate. Here, amidst the rotting reek of fermenting indigo vats, Bet strips bare her heart, confessing a fierce, desperate love for Juno and begging him to abandon his search for Nan to flee North with her alone. But Juno’s soul remains immovable, chained to the wife and son who were ripped from his arms in Louisiana.
Aided by Moses, an aging veteran of the vats, Juno locates Nan and Cato working the deep, bone-rotting blue of the fermentation ditches. Yet salvation is an illusion. Stationed in the big house is Mr. Sam, tracking their bloody heels with a vengeance, while Madison Chambers holds their infant daughter locked away in the main house. As the trap snaps shut and patrols tighten their grip, Juno and the quarter choose the only path left to men with nothing to lose: they light the fuse. A searing night of fire and ash erupts across the plantation, setting the stage for a bloody, unyielding reckoning.
