Sigmund Brouwer
In the American Zone of the Panama Canal in 1909, an uneasy truce exists with the Panamanian aristocrats.  When James Holt tries to protect a mulatto girl named Saffire, it draws him away from safety, into a land haunted by a history of pirates, gold runners, and plantation owners driven by desire—and together with a woman who will change his course or bring an end to it.