When young Marcus is bonded out of jail, where he has been awaiting his
trial for murder, he is sent to the Hebert plantation to work in the
fields. He treats the Cajun overseer, Sidney Bonbon, with supreme contempt,
even as Bonbon works him nearly to death. Marcus takes his revenge by first
seducing Bonbon's black mistress, Pauline, and then his wife, Louise. Jim
Kelly, the tractor driver, watches the contest between the two men, knowing
Marcus is doomed and hating him for disturbing the status quo. Grudgingly,
however, Jim begins to admire the young man's spirit as the inevitable
climactic showdown draws near. --Back cover.