A historical fiction based in the 1920's. The protagonist named Eugene "Jack" Brewer is a mulatto man who had an unfortunate mishap with a white sheriff, during which a woman was killed in the crossfire. Jack fled north to Chicago and was labeled a fugitive in Mississippi. Once in Chicago, he was able to pass himself off as white, but he always had the fear of being caught. Jack was also related to the Ex-Governor Earl Leroy Brewer of Mississippi.