Experience the novel that redefined American literature by the New York Times bestselling author of Parable of the Sower, MacArthur 'Genius,' and Nebula and Hugo award winner Selected by The Atlantic as one of the 'most consequential novels of the past 100 years' 'I lost an arm on my last trip home. My left arm.' Dana's 26th birthday celebration ends when she's ripped from 1976 California and thrust onto a Maryland slave plantation in 1815. Her mission: keep alive the white boy who will grow up to assault her ancestor--because without him, she'll never be born. Every trip back grows more dangerous. Dana feels the lash, wears the chains, endures the daily terror that defined millions of lives. She can't just read about slavery's horrors--she lives them, bleeds from them, nearly breaks under them. Butler doesn't let you observe from a safe distance. You're trapped in Dana's skin as she navigates impossible choices: submit to survive, or resist and risk everything. You'll feel her