<p>Nicholas Schefield is freshman at Bradford University an elite New England school. Soon after arriving at Bradford Schefield is confronted by Krause Wilhelm Lunz a co-founder of the NPP National Peoples Party an extreme political group. Lunz is perpetually taunts Schefield with virulent attitudes and vast conspiracy theories telling him the United States is dead that fascism will replace it and that the NPP is ready to fill the void. When Schefield falls in love with Monique Dubois an African American student at Bradford he finds the courage to stand up to Lunz. Life spirals into a whirlwind of anger and raw emotions between Schefield and Lunz. <em>The Sacred and the Damned</em> is a story that reaches deep into the soul of America.</p>