The Fifth Generation
Two teens from opposite sides of the Interstate find common ground in a dark family secret.
Daniella Cooper has returned to rural Stiles County after living in Raleigh for ten years. Surrounded by tobacco fields rather than shopping malls makes for a dull existence. Daniella hopes her new jock boyfriend is her ticket into the popular crowd. Being chosen for the lead role in the school play wouldn’t hurt either. But a rumor that she stole her boyfriend from another girl could ruin her.
Devon Jones struggles to break free of a past that won’t so easily let go of him. He’d thought giving his life to Christ meant that things would get easier. When his cousin offers him a ride home from school, a chance encounter with a friend and a quick decision save Devon from being caught up in a drug bust.
These two teens are worlds apart, until a violent storm uncovers human remains on the old Cooper plantation, and Devon’s aging grandmother claims there’s blood on her hands. Together Daniella and Devon uncover a forty-year-old secret that could send beloved family members to jail, and each of them wonders how it’s possible to honor father and mother, as the Bible commands, when their parents are breaking the law.