Southern Gothic, pre-Civil War adventure thriller, 1859-61 Mississippi. Into a world built on slavery and male domination, an audacious abolitionist, Durksen Hurst, and a group of undocumented slaves embark on a secret partnership--threatening the town's dominant family, the reclusive Mrs. French and her troubled son, Devereau, who are concealing their own tainted past. When a beautiful fugitive, Antoinette DuVallier, appears, with mysterious ties to the Frenches, long-repressed conflicts are unleashed, tearing asunder the once-sleepy hamlet. As the story's tangled webs of deceit unravel, each startling plot twist and cathartic revelation shines a fresh light on what it means to be a man or a woman, free or enslaved--indeed, what it means to be human."The Lies That Bind is a stunning opening in the DarkHorse Trilogy by Ed Protzel, a gripping tale for fans of Southern fiction..." - Readers' Favorite"...compelling from the first page to the exciting conclusion. I am anxious to read the next installment." - Historical Novel Society"... an entertaining and complexly plotted pre-Civil War novel about fairness and decency versus slavery and greed. " - Amazon
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