Cassiopeia
Flight from Savannah
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Enoch stared at her from the smokehouse shadows, through a small gap between the logs where the chinking had fallen away. He stood motionless, vapor rising from his breath. It was early January at Roselawn Plantation and the temperature was near freezing. Hog killing always took place when January temperatures fell. Despite the cold Enoch’s face glistened with sweat. He was filled with self-loathing. His sickness had returned. The sickness he thought John Penrose had beaten out of him fifteen years ago. He could still feel the welts from the razor strop, pus filled and seeping for days. Enoch thought he was rid of his demons. Now he knew better. He struggled to pull his eyes away, but they were drawn back to that slit between the logs.
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When the little slave girl was born, plantation owner John Penrose bestowed the name Cassiopeia for the small birthmark placed low on her neck identical to that of the chair in the constellation Cassiopeia, named for an Ethiopian queen.
Growing up as a house slave on Roselawn Plantation, Cassie Omoru dreams of being free and helping her people. But when her well-being is threatened by Enoch Penrose, the depraved son of the plantation owner, she is whisked away to St. Benedict’s Monastery on Skidaway Island, Georgia. Enoch swears he won’t give up until Cassie is his.
Meanwhile, under the loving guidance of Sister Bernadette, Cassie blossoms into an intelligent and accomplished young woman. When the French army arrives to aid the Americans in their attempt to free Savannah from the British, they recruit her as an interpreter, and she falls in love with a French-Haitian soldier, Andre Dupre.
But even as the battle subsides, danger looms for Cassie as Enoch pursues her and Andre through the sea islands of Georgia as they seek sanctuary in Spanish Florida. She prays that her namesake in the sky can protect her from evil.
About the Author
Don Bozeman grew up on a small farm in rural Georgia. His business career took him to the far corners of the world, but he was always drawn back to his southern roots.