A fictional novel. Scott Harrington is a beguiling slave who wields strange power throughout the tiny town of Gulf, North Carolina. He is as fierce a warrior as the African Shaka Zulu, and as mesmerizing and complicated a lover as Giacomo Casanova. Although emancipated by law, certain dark and dangerous affections hold him captive. He is perceived as arrogant and distant. His influence over the man who fathered and owns him as a slave is embarrassing. His sexual prowess is irresistible and has proven to be poisonous. He is hated by some, feared by others, and loved by many who will do anything to love and be loved by him, including resorting to witchcraft and plotting murder. His life is the clash between slavery and freedom; love and hate; peace and war; Christianity and the taboo practices of Roots, Voodoo, and Witchcraft. Slavery is his point of reference and he uses it to lure, conquer, control, and exact revenge. Love him or hate him; you will never forget him.