“Fombelle has created a breathtakingly readable saga that evokes a nineteenth-century three-volume novel, a notion reinforced by the many accomplished illustrations by Place. Art and text conspire to create a brilliantly formed and unforgettable world of action, adventure, and, in its gritty depiction of the treatment of the soon-to-be enslaved, heartbreaking realism.”
Read the full starred review in Booklist.
