In the year 1840, folks don't cotton to people disregarding the prohibition against interracial marriage. Judge Daniel Hall knows Ann Williams and Noah Swift Hawk are violating the law put into place to keep the white race pure. He has a bullet waiting for them or, at the very least, a whip. To escape capture, the lovers run for their lives and attempt a risky avenue of escape from Little Rock. They encounter dangerous terrain as well as desperate and vicious animals and people. Some attack mercilessly. Others desperately need their help. Their exodus does not go well, and they cannot travel far. For months, they attempt to avoid those bent on their capture as they hide in the forest beside Fletcher Creek in the new slave state of Arkansas. Who escapes? Who does death claim?