Cain's Daughter — Doris Shannon

JEMMA EALING--the daughter of a rich Northern capitalist. Feeling the wanderlust of youth, she fell in love with David Sevendor, a handsome and wealthy Georgian. Suddenly Jemma was drawn into a world where she would become a pawn in other women's ambitions...


CELESTE SEVENDOR--Jemma's mother-in-law. Her gentility barely concealed her lust for power. All she wanted from Jemma was an heir to the idyllic Georgia estate she had saved from the ruins of war...


MERLIN--the black slave educated as a white lady. Her calm exterior hid a resourceful and vengeful nature, but she didn't try to mask her strange visionary power. To her, Jemma was a passport to safety in the north.


Three women: one southern, one northern, one slave. They struggled for survival in a world gone mad...