The debut novel of a famous American blogger brings to mind the prose of Toni Morrison and James Baldwin. This is a story told by the voices of very different souls about two black slaves - Isaiah and Samuel, who find protection from the cruelty of life in love for each other. Reality here borders on magic, goodness on monstrous cruelty. But from their love comes a radiance, next to it is the border worlds are erased, and even those who did not understand them saw this light and realized that these were not ordinary people, but prophets.

“I really want us to see the complexity, characteristics and humanity of each other , so that we stop hurting each other and give each other the grace we deserve simply because we exist.” — Robert Jones Jr.