A black youth faces the death penalty for the rape and murder of Marianne LaRousse, the daughter of one of the richest men in South Carolina. Nobody wants to get involved with this matter. Its roots go back to ancient irreconcilable enmity; Moreover, all this emanates a certain mystical evil. And if not for the persistent persuasion of a lawyer friend, private detective Charlie Parker would not have undertaken to conduct a re-investigation. This time he will have to descend into the abyss, standing in the way of dark forces that threaten everything he holds dear: his beloved, his unborn child, even his very soul...