Summer of the Redeemers

A Coming of Age With a Tragic Loss of Innocence

In the summer of 1963, KaliOka Road is Bekkah Rich's world. Trusted by her parents, she has the freedom to roam and explore in the safety of rural Mississippi—as long as she remains on the red dirt road. As the summer rolls out, a series of events change Bekkah forever.

KaliOka dead-ends at an abandoned church and crosses the notorious Cry Baby Creek, where locals say a young infant, deliberately drowned, can be heard crying for mercy late at night. That summer, Nadine, with her stable of show horses, moves onto the road, and horse-crazy Bekkah falls under her sway.

Then, a reclusive religious group—the Redeemers—rumored to practice strange rituals, takes over the old church. When her best friend's infant sister Maebelle goes missing, the safe haven of this backwoods road is shattered. What is the connection between the child's disappearance, the religious cult, and the stable owner? Bekkah puts her own life in danger to find out.

No one on KaliOka Road is who or what they seem. Bekkah must face the truth of a grownup world and learn that trust and judgment come at a cost.