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A frantic phone call from her mother brings China back to her familyâs Mississippi plantationâa place sheâd forsaken long ago. But the late-spring air is thick with fearâand from the moment of her arrival, China knows that something has gone desperately wrong at Jordanâs Crossing. An ancient property deed has surfacedâand the man who uncovered it has mysteriously vanished. And as the fates and fortunes of two very different families collide in frightening, unpredictable ways, China must face disturbing new questions about her familyâs pastâand her own futureâĶ
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