Reluctant debutante Keziah Montgomery lives beneath the weighty expectations of her staunch Confederate family forced to keep her epilepsy secret for fear of a scandal. As the tensions of the Civil War arrive on their doorstep in Savannah Keziah sees little cause for balls and courting. Despite her discomfort she cannot imagine an escape from her familial confines - until her old schoolmate Micah shows her a life-changing truth that sets her feet on a new path . . . as a conductor in the Underground Railroad.