Burning Uncle Tom's Cabin

You can never truly run away…

Montreal, 1863. Jim is free but haunted. The runaway slave used the Underground Railroad to escape Kentucky's brutal slave system, but he had to leave his mother behind. He's saving up to buy her freedom and bring her to Canada for a better life.

When a friend brings news that Jim's mother is whipped every day because of the escape, Jim knows the time to act is now. As he returns to the heart of slave country, Jim must navigate the Underground Railroad one more time to save his mother. But this time the stakes are higher, and failure could cost him much more than his life.

"The Runaway Slave Returns" is a short story set in the slavery fiction world of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. If you like compelling historical fiction, well-defined characters, and heart-pounding pace, then you'll love Carl Waters' new twist on a timeless classic.