Sydney Duncan

A simple but satisfying story of vengeance that riffs a bit on "The Defiant Ones." Set in the midst of Sherman's March to the Sea during the U.S. Civil War, Anna Hoyt, a white Alabaman woman of privilege, helps slave Hattie Virgil escape so Hattie can search for her mother after helping Anna get revenge on a Confederate soldier currently fighting in Atlanta. It's a bloody road trip for the uneasy allies with a relentless slave catcher dogging their every step. Grim adventure and catharsis.… (more)