Botambo, a slave from the Ivory Coast of Africa, is sold at the slave market in Charleston, South Carolina to the Briarcliff plantation. His daughter, Sueellen, is apprenticed to the Brighton plantation, Dragoon, where she has a son by Oliver Brighton the master of Dragoon.The family splits into two branchs and their lives run parallel for three generations.This is the story of a house that holds the secrets of the Brighton family.On both sides there is tragedy, love and hate.The ending is unexpected and will leave you wondering. Wondering if you really know the secrets of Dragoon.