Invisible Empires: Century War Book 2 (Young Heroes)

JOSIAH WASHINGTON, a sixteen-year-old former slave, longs to experience the true meaning of freedom in 1870’s Philadelphia. An act of kindness sets Josiah at odds with ADAM VESTRY, the seventeen-year-old son of an influential white newspaperman who is secretly plotting to bring the Ku Klux Klan into the North.Deeply hurt and frustrated by the cruel injustices he has suffered, Josiah is unwittingly drawn into the newspaperman’s ruthless schemes. Upon uncovering his father's treachery, Adam must choose a dangerous line of action that could save Josiah’s life but threaten the course of his life and family—forever.As Josiah learns how to trust God and his new friends, he must help them find a way to stop the KKK from igniting Philadelphia into a violent war of racial hatred. Heroes and enemies spanning two generations collide, as God calls the past into account and brings evil men to justice.