Príbeh 25 ročného Atticusa Blacka, ktorý sa spolu s jeho priateľkou Letitiou a strýkom Georgeom vyberie na púť skrz Ameriku Jima Crowa, aby našiel svojho strateného otca. Spolu musia prežiť a prekonať rasizmus bielej Ameriky a monštrá, ktoré kľudne mohli vypadnúť z Lovecraftových kníh...

As a young associate, Mitchell McDeere brought down the prestigious Memphis law firm of Bendini, Lambert & Locke, which operated as a front for the Chicago mob—and his life was never the same. After a difficult decade, which included a stay in the Federal Witness Protection program, Mitch and his family now emerge from isolation to reclaim their lives and their future—only to find that past dangers are still lurking and new threats are everywhere.

The story of how the lottery invented to finance a zoo was incorporated by Rio de Janeiro's popular culture and, in the hands of organized gangsters, transformed itself into an immense crime empire.