The Deep South in the 1950s was a time of innocence and conflict, when socioeconomic battles were quietly raging while most of the world looked the other way. Twelve-year-old Jessie Louden is a typical horse-crazy girl on the outside, but on the inside she is an abused, terrified child growing up in two worlds. Her mother's riding school keeps her safe from the dark family secrets that hold her prisoner. It's only when the beautiful but deadly horse Golden Revenge arrives at Louden Farm that Jessie begins to have hope for her future. Through "the training"-a supernatural gift of communication...