Southern Man

In "Southern Man," Greg Iles revisits themes of community and conflict as a town teeters on the brink of chaos following a violent incident involving Penn Cage’s family. As a series of suspicious fires and unrest threaten to ignite a race war, Penn is drawn into investigating whether these events are genuine acts of justice or false-flag attacks aimed at political manipulation. Set fifteen years after the Natchez Burning trilogy, the novel explores a tense landscape of upheaval and deception in a Southern town facing its darkest hour.