TY - BOOK AU - Iles, Greg, TI - Southern man T2 - Penn Cage SN - 9781460755174 U1 - 813.6 23 PY - 2024/// CY - London PB - HarperCollinsPublishers KW - Cage, Penn KW - Mass shooting KW - Fiction KW - Music festivals KW - Arson KW - Arson investigation KW - Presidents KW - Elections KW - Political campaigns KW - Civil war KW - Thrillers (Fiction) KW - lcgft N2 - Fifteen years after the events of the Natchez Burning trilogy, Penn Cage is alone. Nearly all his loved ones are dead, and his old allies gone. Pursued by enemies and demoralized by a divided community, he's found sanctuary on a former cotton plantation above the Mississippi River. But Penn's self-imposed exile comes to an abrupt end when a brawl at a Bienville rap concert triggers a shooting - one that nearly takes the life of his daughter Annie. Before the stunned city can process the tragedy, an arsonist starts torching antebellum plantation homes in Natchez and Bienville. When an unknown Black radical group claims the deadly fires as acts of historic justice, citywide panic ensues, driving a prosperous Southern town to the brink of race war. Drafted by Bienville's mayor to end the crisis and restore peace, Penn investigates the fires as casualties mount and armed marchers move toward a decisive clash. But Penn suspects that the arson attacks may be false-flag strikes, providing state and county leaders the excuse to dissolve the Black-run Bienville city government and seize control. It's up to Penn and a band of locals to uncover the truth and expose those trying to destabilize the city ER -