An ENGAGING and PROVOCATIVE new novel
that CHALLENGES all the political, social,
and economic INADEQUACIES of
the AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS System.
In a dazzling display of political insight and masterful storytelling, Sylvester Stephens presents a new novel about what has been wrong throughout America's past -- and what can be made right in its future.
Solomon Chambers is born in Saginaw, Michigan, in 1940. His parents and his uncle moved to Michigan from Mississippi years earlier, hoping to avoid the racism of their home state. Solomon eventually becomes a lawyer,...

A young girl fights to overcome her past after escaping rape, bullying, and prostitution.

A young girl fights to overcome her past after escaping rape, bullying, and homelessness.

Shante Clemmons (Butterfly) is a mature-looking, fifteen-year-old foster home reject, who is tossed into the street in the middle of the night after being falsely accused of sleeping with her foster care father. She falls asleep behind a well-lit club only to be awakened by a huge intimidating man who offers her a job as a dancer.

Butterfly becomes the most popular dancer in the club until...