"From the depths of the human heart come both our most unselfish love and our most egregious offenses. With each new day, there is a chance for redemption or condemnation. Mercy or vengeance. Faith or despair. Is forgiveness possible? Can a man like me ever really be saved?"Herman Bowersox's secrets will die with him, or so he believes. In truth, the weight of his sins will fall upon his grandson, Henry, with a force he could never anticipate.As Henry unravels Herman's unspeakable past, he will discover how brutally the "sins of the father" can impact the present. Those sins have metastasized in the form of The Ravens, a clandestine brotherhood committed to racial purity. Led by the cerebral and methodical Phillip Kaiser, The Ravens intend to re-start the Civil War using old-fashioned violence combined with 21st Century technology.In his journey to find the truth about his family's past, Henry will meet Ty and Deja Lockwood, a brother and sister whose grandfather was murdered by Henry's family. With their help, and with a deep-seated yearning to transform his family's legacy, Henry will risk the lives of everyone he loves to thwart the plans of The Ravens.