Everette Hall grew up in rural south Georgia and the times of his youth inspire the tales of law and intrigue. Everette grew up on a farm in his early years in a home with outdoor plumbing. He and his family then moved to small town in south Georgia full of characters and stories of eccentrics. He had a love of journalism and started a local newspaper in south Georgia with a high school friend. He then went to undergraduate and law school at Mercer University in classic Macon, Georgia. He went on to practice in Atlanta and around the country in the defense of high-exposure cases civil cases. He founded a full service law firm with a national reach, spending a considerable amount of time in the court rooms around the country trying cases. He serves as national counsel for a number of clients. Part of his practice deals with international matters which has led to him serving as Honorary Consul for the country of Georgia.

This novel and two others which follow in series are based on stories from South Georgia and the legal community generally in the tumultuous 70's.