![]() ![]() ![]() So begins an unexpected journey that takes Hiram from the corrupt grandeur of Virginia’s proud plantations to desperate guerrilla cells in the wilderness, from the coffin of the Deep South to dangerously idealistic movements in the North. 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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