"Cherokee" Jake Hammond: bootlegger & ex-private detective, has just been witness to the perfect crime. The only problem: he saw the crime occur during the worst race riot in American history. At the Dawn of the Jazz Age & Prohibition, the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, raged horribly out of control thru the city's streets. While trying to rescue his close friend, from the rampaging mobs bent on the destruction of an innocent community. Jake discovers a vital clue related to the perpetrators behind this national tragedy. This revelation leads him to a conspiracy, led by a lethal gang determined to exploit the racial tensions, seething beneath the surface of this oil rich boom town. A mysterious group determined to seize power & exact an ancient revenge on the citizens of the city. This gritty tale, ripped from the headlines of the Roaring Twenties, brings the epic struggles of this turbulent era to life. This story is written in the classic style of Dashiell Hammett & Raymond Chandler.
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