WATER DANCER

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Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her--but was gifted with a mysterious power. Years later, when Hiram almo st drowns, that power saves his life. This brush with death births an urgency in Hiram to escape from the only home he's ever known. So begins an unexpected journey into the covert war on slavery. Even as he's enlisted in the underground war between slavers and the enslaved, Hiram's resolve to rescue the family he left behind endures. This is the dramatic story of an atrocity inflicted on generations of women, men, and children and the war they waged to simply make lives with the people they loved. Written by one of today's most exciting writers, this is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen. Show more