As Libby looks down from a hotel room to her father's steamboat, a shadow separates from a building off to the right. A second shadow follows, then a third. Can the three men racing toward the Christina possibly reach freedom?
Suddenly the quiet night explodes with barking dogs-bloodhounds!
For Libby the journey begins-her discovery of the world of 1857 when a fugitive slave law means that runaways can be captured and returned, even from free northern states. When those involved in the Underground Railroad can suffer severe penalties. And a world where caring people make the choice to uphold the political and spiritual freedoms they cherish.