"[2][4][5] Shortly after Angela Cameron gets married, an African-American man breaks into her house, kills her husband and son, and rapes her sister.

[3] As a result, she decides to move to New York City and learn more about the situation of African-Americans.

[3] Meanwhile, African-Americans and Communists try to overthrow the government, and they succeed: the country becomes known as the 'Soviet Republic of the United States' and the only newspaper available in New York City is the Soviet Herald.

"[3] Indeed, The New York Times called it "a nightmare melodrama" and "the expression of a panic fear.

"[3] Alluding to World War II, the New York Herald Tribune suggested, "it is not as wildly incredible today as it might have seemed a few short weeks ago.