"The life we're living is the easiest of the difficult." Cass Jinney Jackson is a Louisianan slave girl. She has recently moved to a plantation near the woods, but her life there is far from ordinary. Growing up as the civil war rages on, she finds herself surrounded by cruelty and lies. Then she finds out that her own mother has a terrifying secret, one that will change her view on life forever. And when the boy she has fallen in love with is sent away to the battlefields, she struggles to keep calm, but continues to hold on to the hope that some day she will be free.

Born to a liberated slave, Iamni Percy's existence is defined by poverty. After tragedy strikes, she is thrust into a life of wealth and privilege that forces her to rethink her entire existence. A thirst to find her roots, takes her to the treacherous coastline of West Africa and then to the Court King Bench in England where her misplaced identity will force readers and listeners to rethink their opinions on equality. Warning :This book contains scenes and language that are intense for the time period.