This brush with death births an urgency in Hiram and a daring scheme: to escape from the only home he’s ever known. Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same power saves his life. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her-but was gifted with a mysterious power. Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Time.NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST NOVELS OF THE DECADE.Adapted by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Kamilah Forbes, directed by Nia DaCosta, and produced by MGM, Plan B, and Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films.IN DEVELOPMENT AS A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE “This potent book about America’s most disgraceful sin establishes as a first-rate novelist.”- San Francisco Chronicle From the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me, a boldly conjured debut novel about a magical gift, a devastating loss, and an underground war for freedom.
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