The Coming: A Novel

Daniel Black

Oct 2015 · Sold by St. Martin's Press

About this ebook

"The Coming is powerful. And beautiful...This is a work to be proud of."--Charles Johnson, National Book Award winner for Middle Passage

Lyrical, poetic, and hypnotizing, The Coming tells the story of a people's capture and sojourn from their homeland across the Middle Passage--a traumatic trip that exposed the strength and resolve of the African spirit. Extreme conditions produce extraordinary insight, and only after being stripped of everything do they discover the unspeakable beauty they once took for granted. This powerful, haunting novel will shake readers to their very souls.

"Part homage to the proud and diverse cultures of Africa, part nightmare of the people stolen from those lands, The Coming seduces us with poetry, then breaks our hearts, but ultimately inspires us to celebrate the indomitable soul of humanity." —George Weinstein, author of Hardscrabble Road

Ratings and reviews

Dr. Black's telling of the horror of the middle passage is unique... it is as if he was there. The respect and reverence for our ancestors. He writes from their perspective a captured but not conquered people. Who maintained their dignity and humanity during the most inhumane treatment this world may ever know. Black literature is back...thanks Dr Black. I am buying and reading all of your works

So descriptive and so beautiful. Dr. Black paints a beautiful picture of the Middle Passage that literally puts you on the ships that brought enslaved Africans here. Must read.

Some body better help me to some more Coming, because I know the next book's is gonna be good. Evelyn

About the author

DANIEL OMOTOSHO BLACK was raised in Blackwell, Arkansas and now teaches at Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. He earned the Ph.D. in African American Studies from Temple University then returned to Clark Atlanta as a professor with hopes of inspiring young black minds to believe in themselves. His heart's desire is to write literature which celebrates the African American presence in America and teaches the world how to be more human. He is the author of Twelve Gates to the City, Perfect Peace, They Tell Me of a Home and The Sacred Place.