trouble the saints by alaya dawn johnson

Trouble the Saints is a dazzling, daring novela magical love story, a compelling exposure of racial fault linesand an altogether brilliant and deeply American saga. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. And so Phyllis will have to make a harrowing choice, before its too lateis there ever enough blood in the world to wash clean generations of injustice? Johnson explores the intersection of race, violence and personal identity in this powerful, passionate story. Trouble the Saints is a dazzling, daring novela magical love story, a compelling exposure of racial fault linesand an altogether brilliant and deeply American saga. Read more Print length 352 pages Language English Publisher Tor Books Publication date 24 Aug. Still, the ghosts from her past are always by her sideand history has appeared on her doorstep to threaten the people she keeps in her heart. Trouble the Saints is a dazzling, daring novel-a magical love story, a compelling exposure of racial fault lines-and an altogether brilliant and deeply American saga. Ten years later, Phyllis LeBlanc has given up everythingnot just her own past, and Dev, the man she loved, but even her own dreams. The dangerous magic of The Night Circus meets the powerful historical exploration of The Underground Railroad in Alaya Dawn Johnson's timely and unsettling novel, set against the darkly glamorous backdrop of New York City, where an assassin falls in love and tries to fight her fate at the dawn of World War II.Īmid the whir of city life, a young woman from Harlem is drawn into the glittering underworld of Manhattan, where shes hired to use her knives to strike fear among its most dangerous denizens. Jemisin, New York Times bestselling author of The Fifth Season Juju assassins, alternate history, a gritty New York crime story.in a word: Awesome. N.K. Tor, 26.99 (320p) ISBN 978-4-2 This sumptuous fantasy from Johnson ( Love is the Drug) splits focus between three uncannily gifted.

Trouble the saints by alaya dawn johnson