The title novella of Jocelyn Nicole Johnson's debut is set in the near future in Charlottesville, Va., where descendants of Sally Hemings' take shelter from a racist mob in Thomas Jefferson's manor.
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Abedin also reflects on her marriage to former Rep. Anthony Weiner, writing: "[Clinton] said that she did not believe I should pay a professional price for what was ultimately my husband's mistake."
UnCovered review by Nancy Wessler, Librarian, ACLS Mays Landing Branch
Once, the world was ruled by the Seven Prophets. They used their visions to steer humanity towards prosperity, but then they disappeared, leaving behind one final secret prophecy foretelling of a coming darkness and birth of a new prophet–one that could be the world’s salvation or the means of its destruction. Flash forward one hundred years and we find our motley cast of characters on a collision course: A warrior doubting his fate and a prophet intent on avoiding his; a killer who’ll do anything to save a life and a girl living on stolen time; a prince in search of a country, a soldier in search of a king, a liar in search of the truth, and a deserter in search of revenge. Their world is already a tinder box as tensions between those who are Graced (in possession of heightened, magic-like strengths) and those who are not reaches a boiling point, and their meeting is certain to set the events of the final prophecy in motion. To what end? Only time will tell.
There Will Come a Darkness by Katy Rose Pool is a young adult fantasy featuring a diverse ensemble cast and multiple points of view. It is the first book in a recently completed trilogy and while this reader found the beginning of this book to be a little rough, by the time she reached the midpoint she was fully invested. And the sequels just get better and better. There’s action and romance and plenty of twists and secret backstories–all of it realistically developed and grippingly well crafted. This series explores themes of power, agency, and identity as well as the ways in which love can cause us to cross the line between villainy and heroism–in either direction. It also seeks to answer the question of what true atonement means and if it is ever really attainable.
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