![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Let’s get one thing clear – I’m from England with only a half-decent knowledge of US history. I honestly don’t know if this is a standalone novel or whether there are more stories to tell of this alternate history, but I really hope that there are. But as that trilogy finished as finally as a story possibly could, it’s time for a new tale. when President Trump gets too curious about whether that big red button really works). And if you haven’t read it, there’s still time before the world really ends (i.e. You also may recall me banging on (and on) about how good that series was. But this time, things aren’t what they seem – and what Jackdaw knows has the potential to change the country forever…īen H Winters, you may recall, was the writer of the outstanding The Last Policeman trilogy – The Last Policeman, Countdown City, World Of Trouble – concerning a detective (duh) in a world that was about to end. Victor is currently trying to track down an escapee called Jackdaw, but to do so, he will have to infiltrate the so-called Underground Airlines, the collaboration of people who are aiding the escapees. But what would make someone do a job like that? His job? To track down those slaves who have escaped to the North and return them. Everything is as it seems – except that in this America, the Civil War never happened, and, in the South, slavery was never abolished.Įnter Victor (or so he calls himself), a black man working for the federal government. Everyone is going about their normal business. ![]()
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