In this three-part play, an enslaved man called Hero faces an agonizing choice during the American Civil War: to accept his owner’s bargain promising freedom if he returns from the fighting, or to strike out toward uncertain liberty by joining the fight on his own terms. As Hero travels between plantation and battlefield, the drama traces how war, loyalty, and promises fracture family bonds, reconfigure identities, and expose the costs of freedom; supporting characters—loved ones, fellow enslaved people, and the enslavers—push him into moral and emotional reckonings. The piece blends dark humor, poetic language, and ritualized chorus-like elements to interrogate honor, betrayal, and what it means to be a father, a husband, and a free human being.