New York Times bestselling writer Pat Conroy (1945–2016) inspired a worldwide legion of devoted fans numbering in the millions, but none are more loyal to him and more committed to sustaining his literary legacy than the many writers he nurtured over the course of his 50-year writing life. In sharing their stories of Conroy, his fellow writers honor his memory and advance our shared understanding of his lasting impact on 20th- and 21st-century literary life in and well beyond the American South.

A deep current intertwines the lives of three souls in Nicole Seitz's new novel, and a destiny of freedom, faith and friendship awaits them all on the banks of Molasses Creek.