Set in a not-too-distant future after a second civil war in the US where slavery has been reintroduced and any man can be taken into it, especially if theyre prisoners of that war the rich and powerful of the New South anoint their sons to help in government and the family businesses, which can seem one and the same. The story follows a years-long e-mail correspondence between one-time jerk-off buddies, Steve and Stu, who were best friends through the war and kept in contact even though Stus s