Kidnapped from his African homeland, Tunkey survived the horrors of the Middle Passage and was forced to endure a life of servitude and bondage on a Sugar Plantation on the island of Jamaica. Throughout the terrors of plantation life, Tunkey had the will to survive. However, when they brutalized the person closest to him on the estate and sent him far away, Tunkey lost all hope.A fortuitous encounter at the Estate Great House was to change the trajectory of Tunkey's life and propelled him into the arms of Mizzy and unto a forbidden love. Somehow, amid pain and suffering, love had claimed his heart and given him a reason for hope. No longer would he be alone. But what was their destiny? Would Tunkey's newfound optimism and self-confidence also lead to deadly consequences?Could Tunkey's and Mizzy's love for each other withstand the realities of life on the plantation, or would the forces of evil intrude on their idealism and give them no other alternative but to run for their lives? Ultimately, faced with two choices, unspeakable cruelty, and separation, or DEATH? Where would the pendulum swing?
