Publisher's blurb: Parsonsville, Kentucky, 1928. The managing executive of Associated Anthracite, LLC, the company operating the mine at Parsonsville, has gone missing in the middle of tense negotiations with striking miners. Tensions grow as accusations of foul play are leveled, and Parsonsville is swiftly becoming a powder keg, just waiting for a spark. The missing man must be found before the town erupts into violence, but other passions run high and dark things lurk amidst the spreading kudzu.