Grace Hightower

As investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story with the help of Ward's younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless, the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff.

母に虐待され、父には暴力によって妊娠させられた16歳のクレアリース“プレシャス”ジョーンズ。退学処分となった彼女が、学ぶ喜びや愛される喜びを知り、逆境を生き抜くさまを描く。