This novel takes place in the years leading up to the Civil War and tells the story of a group of Alabama aristocrats who plot to create a new slaveholding republic in the southern United States. The protagonist, Jack Hamilton, gets caught up in the intrigue and malicious machinations of the pro-slavery group known as the Golden Circle. The book provides a vivid portrait of the region and its people during a tumultuous period in American history.

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