Desmond Anderson, an honor student and nationally recognized four-sport athlete with a promising future, is dealt an unjust hand. Sentenced to a Georgia prison for a crime he did not commit, Desmond must learn to overcome the emotional shackles of his prison term and the racial unrest of his youth. Beginning with the infamous Newark, New Jersey riot of 1967, Magnificent Redemption spans 40 years of tragedy and triumph. With compassion and joy, Little shows us that the human spirit can defeat any hardship in this suspenseful and gripping tale of Desmond's Magnificent Redemption.