Freedom Walker is a brilliant graduating senior on the cusp of escaping her small Texas town and embarrassing family history with an Ivy League scholarship, when she is identified as a person of interest in the mysterious, untimely death of her high school classmate, the only son of one of the town's most powerful families. When an ambitious young reporter sees the story as an opportunity to launch his career with the tattered details of Free's unraveling life, she is quickly thrust into the spotlight, unearthing years of secrets, lies, and regrets that have been carefully buried. Murder, mystery, corruption, coverups, and racial tensions weave together the story of a young woman who stands at the center of everything it means to survive the ugly underbelly of the American dream. Love, Hate, Race, and Reconciliation.