Description
In an alternate present where the Civil War never took place and slavery survives in four American states, Victor works as a bounty hunter for the federal government, tracking people who escape the system he has learned to navigate. His pursuit of a fugitive known as Jackdaw draws him into a covert abolitionist network—and toward unsettling questions about his assignment, his country, and his own buried past. Blending noir mystery, speculative history, and propulsive thriller elements, the novel examines complicity, freedom, identity, and the moral compromises demanded by survival. Its sharply imagined America is disturbingly recognizable, making the story both a gripping chase and a pointed meditation on the legacy of oppression.
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paperback
Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company
Published Jan 1, 2016
327 pages
ISBN: 9780316261241
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Details
First Published
2016
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters.