Of Darkness and Light

<p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(36 36 36 1)>The past can be a cruel specter and for young Darius Spurgeon it returns in spades. Living under the iron hand of the company-hired Baldwin Detective Agency in the coal mining town of Paint Creek West Virginia striking miners persevere amid horrific violence. After the murder of Darius's irresponsible father a suspected double informant at the hands of Baldwin thugs the strikers go on full alert. Fearing further reprisal the Spurgeon family-Darius; his mother Hannah; and little sister Miriam-flee by train.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(36 36 36 1)>Five years later with the nation cast into a world war the Spurgeons have met with good fortune. Hannah has reunited with old flame Fulton Sharp now a multimillionaire industrialist in Charleston. When a local newspaper feature their rags-to-riches story the Baldwins get nervous fearing it will become a damning account of their many atrocities and take residence nearby with sinister aims.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(36 36 36 1)>Complicating matters are Fulton's suspicious international adventures that draw the scrutiny of the government that and stepson Darius's embarrassing public delinquency with his socialite feminist girlfriend April.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(36 36 36 1)>This is an unforgettable tale of a family's wartime sacrifices and infighting a drama of unbridled infidelity and forbidden passion and each learn in their own way the ultimate cost of redemption.</span></p>