Tananarive Due

Inspirada en una historia real, la novela nos traslada al sur de los Estados Unidos en los años cincuenta, cuando aún existían las leyes Jim Crow, y nos cuenta la historia de Robbie Stephens, un niño negro de doce años al que envian al reformatorio por haber dado una patada a un chico blanco. Desde el momento en que Robbie, hijo ademas de un hombre perseguido por la ley por un delito que no ha cometido, es encerrado, su hermana y su madrina comenzaran una carrera contrarreloj para liberarlo por todos los medios posibles y a la mayor brevedad, pues no seria el primer niño negro que muere dentro de una institucion similar.

Hilton James tuvo una infancia difícil; un día llegó del colegio y encontró a su abuela Nana muerta en el suelo, fría como la piedra; corrió a buscar ayuda, y cuando volvió se encontró a Nana viva, tranquila. A partir de ese dia, Nana sufria pesadillas y Hilton se sentia cada vez mas intranquilo a su lado, como si ya no fuera la misma. Meses despues Nana murio al rescatarlo de morir ahogado en una playa de Miami.El pequeño Hilton fue a vivir con unos parientes, crecio, fue a la universidad y alli conocio a la flamante Dede, con quien finalmente se caso y formo una familia. Pero su felicidad esta marcada por unos sueños extraños y recurrentes, mas violentos y alarmantes conforme se acerca su cumpleaños. Tras meses de terapia, los sueños desaparecen.Su vida sigue, sus hijos crecen, su clinica de rehabilitacion va viento en popa, y su mujer se convierte en la primera mujer negra en ser elegida juez en Miami.Entonces, Dede empieza a recibir amenazas racistas; Hilton se obsesiona con la seguridad y la proteccion de su familia, y los sueños regresan con virulencia. Los sueños le muestran otros Hilton, otras vidas y a veces, Hilton no sabe si esta despierto dentro del sueño, o dormido en su vida real. ¿Que tratan de decirle los sueños? ¿Como puede proteger a su familia si no sabe cual es la realidad verdadera?

*From the author of The ReformatoryA New York Times Notable Book of 2023*The bestselling author of Joplins Ghost delivers a riveting novel of supernatural suspensea gripping tale that showcases a writer at the pinnacle of her astounding storytelling abilities. Due has become a modern-day Octavia Butler, a talented storyteller who stands tall among her horror cohorts Anne Rice and Stephen King. The Boston GlobeJessica Jacobs-Wolde has somehow survived the worst that any mother or wife could ever endure: the deaths of her husband and first daughter. But now, four years later, not only is the nightmare continuing it may have only just begun. Jessica has discovered the terrifying truth behind the legacy that her husband left to their second daughter, Fana...a legacy preordained a thousand years before her time and drenched in the powerful lifeblood that now courses through her veins. As young Fana begins to display unearthly abilities that are quickly spiraling out of control, she becomes the target of those who will stop at nothing to exploit her powerand the unwitting touchstone in an ancient supernatural battle whose outcome may decide the fate of all humanity.

An exciting paranormal novel from two award-winning authors about what happens when an alien race brings Earth to the brink of the Apocalypse. What happens when an unprecedented infection sweeps the world, leaving the earth on the brink of the Apocalypse?But this infection goes far beyond disease. Beyond even the nightmare images of walking dead or flesh-eating ghouls. The infected are turning into creatures unlike anything ever dreamed of . . . more complex, more mysterious, and more deadly. Trapped in the northwestern United States as winter begins to fall, Terry and Kendra have only one choice: they and their friends must cross a thousand miles of no-mans-land in a rickety school bus, battling ravenous hordes, human raiders, and their own fears. In the midst of apocalypse, they find something no one could have anticipated . . . love.

*From the author of The ReformatoryA New York Times Notable Book of 2023*In this chilling historical novel thats part love story, part ghost story, a female singers life spins horrifically out of control as a long-dead music legend chooses her to continue his legacy.When Phoenix Smalls was ten, she nearly died at her parents jazz club when she was crushed by a turn-of-the-century piano. Now twenty-four, Phoenix is launching a career as an R&B singer. Shes living out her dreams and seems destined for fame and fortune. But a chance visit to a historical site in St. Louis ignites a series of bizarre, erotic encounters with a spirit who may be the King of Ragtime, Scott Joplin.The sound of Scott Joplin is strange enough to the ears of the hip-hop generation. But the idea that these antique sounds are being channeled through Phoenix? Her life is suddenly hanging in the balance. How will she find her true voice and calling? Can the power of her own inner song give Phoenix the strength to fight to live out her own future? Or will she be forever trapped in Scott Joplins doomed, tragic past? Stunningly original, Joplins Ghost is a novel filled with art and intrigueand is sure to bring music to readers ears.

"The Reformatory is one of those books you cant put down. Tananarive Due hit it out of the park." Stephen KingWinner of the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize, this is a gloriously creepy Deep South horror story based on the infamous Dozier School for boys, perfect for fans of The Only Good Indians and Nothing But Blackened Teeth.Jim Crow Florida, 1950.Twelve-year-old Robert Stephens Jr., who for a trivial scuffle with a white boy is sent to The Gracetown School for Boys. But the segregated reformatory is a chamber of horrors, haunted by the boys that have died there.In order to survive the school governor and his Funhouse, Robert must enlist the help of the schools ghosts only they have their own motivations...

*From the author of The ReformatoryA New York Times Notable Book of 2023*Award-winning author Tananarive Dues critically acclaimed story of supernatural suspense, as a woman searches for the inherited power that can save her hometown from evil forces.The home that belonged to Angela Toussaints late grandmother is so beloved that the townspeople in Sacajawea, Washington call it the Good House. But that all changes one summer when an unexpected tragedy takes place behind its closed doors, and the Toussaints family historyand futureis dramatically transformed.Angela has not returned to the Good House since her son, Corey, died there two years ago. But now, Angela is finally ready to return to her hometown and go beyond the grave to unearth the truth about Coreys death. Could it be related to a terrifying entity Angelas grandmother battled seven decades ago? And what about the other senseless calamities that Sacajawea has seen in recent years? Has Angelas grandmother, an African American woman reputed to have "powers," put a curse on the entire community?A thrilling exploration of secrets, lies, and divine inspiration, The Good House will haunt readers long after its chilling conclusion.

A thrilling and cataclysmic collection of city-smashing titans and the desperate coalitions of humanity clinging to survival in the wreckage, from the New York Times-bestselling and multiple award-winning editors.Featuring bestselling and award-winning authors such as Tananarive Due, Christopher Golden, Seanan McGuire, Scott Sigler and Steve Alten, author of The Meg.An explosive collection of monster terror, featuring 25 original tales of creatures the size of skyscrapers. See cities shattered and worlds ended, as great beasts rise from the deep.Featuring work from: Steve Alten Linda D. Addison Kevin J. Anderson Maurice Broaddus Tananarive Due Luke Dumas Kane Gilmour Maxwell Gold Christopher Golden Henry Herz Jamal Hodge Ai Jiang Alma Katsu Tim Lebbon Jonathan Maberry Seanan McGuire Lee Murray Tobi Ogundiran Cynthia Pelayo Jeremy Robinson Michelle Sagara Scott Sigler Ben Spada Anne Walsh

*From the author of The ReformatoryA New York Times Notable Book of 2023*Acclaimed for her novels ranging from supernatural thrillers to historical fiction, award-winning author Tananarive Due imagines the story of an ancient group of immortalsa hidden African clan that has survived for more than a thousand yearsfacing one of the most challenging issues of our time: a devastating pandemic.In this sequel to her Essence bestsellers, The Living Blood and My Soul to Keep, fan-favorite Tananarive Due introduces readers to a new drug: Glow. Said to heal almost any illness, Glow gets its power from the blood of immortals, and its up to the Blood Colony, a small but powerful group of immortals, to keep the supplies coming so that AIDS and other diseases will be wiped out.Meet Fana Wolde, seventeen years old, the only immortal born with the Living Blood. She can read minds and her injuries heal immediately. When her best friend, a mortal, is imprisoned by Fanas family, Fana helps her escape and together they run away from Fanas protected home in Washington State to join the Underground Railroad of Glow peddlers. But Fana has more than her parents to worry about: Glow peddlers are being murdered by a violent, hundred-year-old sect with ties to the Vatican. Now, when Fana is most vulnerable, she is being hunted to fulfill an ancient blood prophecy that could lead to countless deaths. While her people search for Fana and race to unravel the unknown sects mysterious origins, Fana must learn to confront the deadly forcesor she and everyone she loves will die.

S. A. Cosbys All the Sinners Bleed meets Percival Everetts Erasure in this literary thriller following the grandson of a famous Black actress from the 1920s to the 1940s, now a filmmaker himself, who returns to his grandmothers cabin retreat in the California mountains only to encounter the legacy of her rage born in Old Hollywood.Award-winning author Tananarive Due returns with the follow-up to the multi-award-winning The Reformatory in this generational novel of rage. With flashbacks to Johnnys grandmotherwho brushed shoulders with giants like Lena Horne, Clark Gable, and Hattie McDanielthis novel explores three generations, beginning with Mazelle Washingtons life as a young actress. Fifty years after Mazelles death, Johnny will discover the secret she kept and nurtured since she was a child, when she had a dark wish come true.A monster lurks outside Mazywood, hidden for generations, and Johnny brought his family to its hunting grounds.

"An eerie epic. I loved this novel." Stephen KingThe award-winning master of horror, acclaimed author, screenwriter, and scholar Tananarive Dues classic African Immortals series starts with an electrifying piece of dark fantasy, My Soul to Keep. When Jessica marries David, he is everything she wants in a family man: brilliant, attentive, ever youthful. Yet she still feels something about him is just out of reach. Soon, as people close to Jessica begin to meet violent, mysterious deaths, David makes an unimaginable confession: More than 400 years ago, he and other members of an Ethiopian sect traded their humanity for a tense immortality, a secret he must protect at any cost. Now, his immortal brethren have decided David must return and leave his family in Miami. Instead, in this harrowing supernatural thriller, David vows to invoke a forbidden ritual to keep Jessica and his daughter with him forever. Harrowing, engrossing and skillfully rendered, My Soul to Keep traps Jessica between the desperation of immortals who want to rob her of her life and a husband who wants to rob her of her soul. With deft plotting and an unforgettable climax, this landmark work of Black horror that Stephen King called An eerie epic is sure to win Due a legion of new fans.

*From the author of The ReformatoryA New York Times Notable Book of 2023*Bestselling and award-winning author Tananarive Dues heart-stopping novel that continues the story of descendants of an immortal line of people who are the only ones capable of saving the world.Fana, an immortal with tremendous telepathic abilities, is locked in a battle of wills. Her fiance is Michel. But Johnny Wright, a mortal who is in love with her, believes that if she doesnt stay away from Michel, they will become the Witnesses to the Apocalypse described in the Book of Revelation. Fana and the Life Brothers are rushing to distribute their healing Living Blood throughout the world, hoping to eliminate most diseases before Fana is bound to marry Michel. Still, they cannot heal people faster than Michel can kill them. Due weaves a tangled web in this novel, including beloved characters from her bestselling Joplins Ghost, in a war of good against evil, making My Soul to Take a chilling and thrilling experience.

From the Bram Stoker, World Fantasy and Los Angeles Times Book Prize winning author of The Reformatory.A gripping and thrilling supernatural horror and family saga about Mazelle Washington, a child star of 1920s Hollywood, and the legacy of her wishes generations later. 1926, Gracetown, Florida.A young Mazelle sets out from her Florida home to find the Wishing Pool, and make her wish for a better life. A best friend forever, who will love her better than anyone else.When Scout the Wonder Dog appears, it seems her wish has come true, and she is suddenly a star of the silver screen, her entire family lifted from poverty.Johnny Washington, Mazelles grandson, late in his screenwriting career, needs a break after a major project falls through. So he takes his wife and daughters out to Mazywood, the remote retreat he inherited from his grandmother.But wishes are tricky things, and fame isnt always fortune. Hidden in the forest around Mazywood is a legacy of pain and sorrow, of a family turned against itself by legacies of racism.As they uncover Mazelles lost legacy, a terrifying creature stalks the woods, and Johnny and his family are thrust into a desperate fight for survival in the icy wilderness around Mazywood.

An extraordinary work of humane imagination . . . call it magic realism with soul.LocusFinely honed . . . always engages and frequently surprises.New York Times Book ReviewA man risks his soul and his sanity to save his family from malevolent forces in this brilliant novel of horror and the supernatural from the award-winning pioneer of speculative fiction and author of the classic My Soul to Keep. When Hilton was a boy, his grandmother sacrificed her life to save him from drowning. Thirty years later, he begins to suspect that he was never meant to survive that accident, and that dark forces are working to rectify that mistake. When Hiltons wife, the only elected African American judge in Dade County, Florida, begins to receive racist hate mail from a man she once prosecuted, Hilton becomes obsessed with protecting his family. The demons lurking outside are matched by his internal terrorsmacabre nightmares, more intense and disturbing than any he has ever experienced. Are these bizarre dreams the dark imaginings of a man losing his hold on sanityor are they harbingers of terrible events to come? As Hilton battles both the sociopath threatening to destroy his family and the even more terrifying enemy stalking his sleep, the line between reality and fantasy dissolves . . . Chilling and utterly convincing, The Between is the haunting story of a man desperately trying to hold on to the people and life he loves as he slowly loses himself.

Whether weaving family life and history into dark fiction or writing speculative Afrofuturism, American Book Award winner and Essence bestselling author Tananarive Dues work is both riveting and enlightening. In her debut collection of short fiction, Due takes us to Gracetown, a small Florida town that has both literal and figurative ghost; into future scenarios that seem all too real; and provides empathetic portraits of those whose lives are touched by Otherness. Featuring an award-winning novella and fifteen storiesone of which has never been published beforeGHOST SUMMER: STORIES, is sure to both haunt and delight.

One of the most exciting novels of the year . . . The dramatic story of Madam C.J. Walker, Americas first black female millionaire.E. Lynn HarrisBorn to former slaves on a Louisiana plantation in 1867, Madam C.J. Walker rose from poverty and indignity to become Americas first black female millionaire, the head of a hugely successful beauty company, and a leading philanthropist in African American causes. Renowned author Alex Haley became fascinated by the story of this extraordinary heroine, and before his death in 1992, he embarked on the research and outline of a major novel based on her life. With The Black Rose, critically acclaimed writer Tananarive Due brings Haleys work to an inspiring completion. Blending documented history, vivid dialogue, and a sweeping fictionalized narrative, Tananarive Due paints a vivid portrait of this passionate and tenacious pioneer and the unforgettable era in which she lived.Praise for The Black RoseAn artfully framed page-turner.EssenceAn impressive accomplishment . . . Dues combination of historical study and fictional exploration endows this gripping tale with intimacy and emotional authenticity.The Miami Herald

Patricia Stephens Due fought for justice during the height of the Civil Rights era. Her daughter, Tananarive, grew up deeply enmeshed in the values of a family committed to making right whatever they saw as wrong. Together, in alternating chapters, they have written a paean to the movementits hardships, its nameless foot soldiers, and its achievementsand an incisive examination of the future of justice in this country. Their mother-daughter journey spanning two generations of struggles is an unforgettable story.

*Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner * New York Times Notable Book * Locus Award Finalist * Winner of the Bram Stoker Award and the Shirley Jackson Award *Youre in for a treat...one of those books you cant put down...Due hit it out of the park. Stephen KingA gripping, page-turning masterpiece (Joe Hill, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman) set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as hes sent to a segregated reform school that is a chamber of terrors where he sees the horrors of racism and injustice, for the living, and the dead.Gracetown, FloridaJune 1950Twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, a reformatory, for kicking the son of the largest landowner in town in defense of his older sister, Gloria. So begins Robbies journey further into the terrors of the Jim Crow South and the very real horror of the school they call The Reformatory.Robbie has a talent for seeing ghosts, or haints. But what was once a comfort to him after the loss of his mother has become a window to the truth of what happens at the reformatory. Boys forced to work to remediate their so-called crimes have gone missing, but the haints Robbie sees hint at worse things. Through his friends Redbone and Blue, Robbie is learning not just the rules but how to survive. Meanwhile, Gloria is rallying every family member and connection in Florida to find a way to get Robbie out before its too late.The Reformatory is a haunting work of historical fiction written as only American Book Awardwinning author Tananarive Due could, by piecing together the life of the relative her family never spoke of and bringing his tragedy and those of so many others at the infamous Dozier School for Boys to the light in this riveting novel.