When Flower Power Ignites into Fire Power
City of Redemption - A Summer of Love Thriller
"City of Redemption" tells of the dark underbelly of the '60's. It is a vividly recounted, suspenseful story where lies, betrayal, sex, drugs, and murder lead to a woman's imprisonment.
Liz MacKay, a lonely young woman, entangles herself in a treacherous plot and murder during the Summer of Love.
It is 1984, and Liz waits to be paroled for the murder of former commune member, Ricky Martinez. Is she guilty? She says yes.
Her attorney and friend, Toni Bordeaux, disagrees and tells Liz she has paid her debt!
In 1967, Liz's young son was kidnapped and murdered. Partly to blame for her young son's death and abandoned by her husband, Liz leaves Scotland in disgrace, hoping for a second chance at love and life.
She arrives in San Francisco during the Summer of Love to have a "jolly good time" with the free-loving, groovy people
She joins a commune of a curious mix: Black Panthers Toni and her boyfriend, Bobby, trying to change the world, Sam, a Vietnam vet, seeking inner peace with a warrior past, a kindhearted, flamboyant hairdresser, Mason, ready for fame and love, a ditzy flower child named Cat, and her callous drug dealing boyfriend, Ricky, who loves his girlfriends then quickly tosses them aside.
At first, Liz is happy to have found a welcoming home, but as her new roommates pry into her mysterious past, Liz's search for a "jolly good time" brings more grief and a worsening drug addiction. She becomes unwittingly embroiled in a plot to bring down the Black Panthers and knows how to save her Panther friend Toni as a way to redeem herself for her part in her son's death.
Telling her plot to another roommate, Liz is warned, "Keep your mouth shut." With a passionate zeal and with help from a co-conspirator, she seizes the chance to save Toni and Bobby. But can she save her friends, or will she just watch her commune family break apart?
No one expects anything heroic from Liz, especially .
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