Synopsis
Cain is a scarred but proud man haunted by a terrible skill---the ability to track people who don't want to be found.
Rosetta is a runaway slave fueled by the passion and determination only a mother can feel. And she will risk everything for the promise of freedom.
In the perilous years before the Civil War, their fates will intertwine in an unforgettable journey---one of hardship and redemption that will take them from Virginia to Boston and back---an odyssey that will change them forever.
Michael C. White has written beautiful novels before, including the acclaimed A Dream of Wolves, yet none has prepared us for the sheer scope and drama of this new tale---a dazzling tapestry of imagination and character, atmosphere, and emotion. Poignant and utterly compelling, it is a story to be savored and remembered.
Boston Globe Book Review
A good, old-fashioned page turner, with shootouts, ambushes, and horse chases that honestly will have you reading late into the night to see what happens next...The novel's many virtues [include] finely drawn characters, suspenseful passages, and a usually believable evocation of America in the 1850s. The novel is also a thoughtful exploration of a nation living with a brutal institution that contradicts its highest ideals. However busy you may be, you won't regret making time for this book.