About the book: 1891 / Colonel Elias Openshaw was a large planter in the South of the United States for a long time, but after the Civil War he returned to his homeland, England. A brave and determined man, he was horrified when he received an envelope containing nothing but five orange seeds and the letters “K.K.K.” A year and a half later, his brother Joseph received exactly the same letter. Five days later he died, falling into a chalk quarry and breaking his head. And two and a half years later, Joseph Openshaw’s son, John, received such a letter...