The Stone Is Turned

Christian fiction novel set in the future. Book five wraps up the post-apocalyptic tale of The Compound Series. The leader of a large group of exiles has been trying to influence the culture of the nearby city to make their small part of the world safe for everyone. The question is: will they be able to topple the last of the brutal slave masters without plunging the area into lawless chaos. Lily "Jackie" Schwartz, the compound baroness, has teamed with the local commander, Robert Somerton, to root out the abusive slave culture and replace it with a vibrant business economy. Some of the local barons agreed then suddenly retracted their agreement. The question is: why?