By the early twenty-first century, the Confederate and United States have bitterly co-existed for over 150 years. When the South’s boxing champ shocks the world by defecting to the North, just as idealistic Union collegian Mateo and Dixie rugby star Micah unexpectedly fall in love, it unleashes a whirlwind of race, class and prejudice threatening more than the physical border that divides them all.

Return to Dixie follows five complicated protagonists on journeys of perseverance, all of them seeking to overcome adversity in a world beset by intolerance. It is a fast-paced thriller speaking to the central challenge of our time: surviving the relentless forces of repression that threaten to suffocate decency and respect.