For Detective Billy Harney is the newest member of Chicago PD's elite Special Operations Section (SOS). When a drive-by shooting on the Chicago's west side turns political, he leads the way to a quick solve. But Harney's instincts run deep. As a population hungry for justice threatens to riot, he realizes that the three known victims are hardly the only ones. Asking questions about who's to blame, Harney finds the easy answers prove to be the wrong...

The Marrow of Tradition (1901) is a historical novel by African American author, lawyer, and political activist Charles Chesnutt. Based on the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898, in which a group of white supremacists rioted and overthrew the elected government of Wilmington, North Carolina, killing hundreds of African Americans and displacing thousands more-The Marrow of Tradition follows two interconnected families on opposite sides of the violence. Set...

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This Norton Critical Edition of Charles W. Chesnutt's vivid, suspenseful, and character-rich novel provides readers with a full sense of its historical background and cultural impact. Inspired by the 1898 Wilmington Riot and eyewitness accounts of Chesnutt's own family, The Marrow of Tradition captures the shocking moment in American history when a violent coup d'état resulted in the subversion of a democratic election. The text of this Norton Critical...