Michael Koryta, New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Wish Me DeadĪ rich noir in a terrifingly convincing alternate America. He's a writer to watch, one of exceptional vision and imagination whose characters draw the reader in to the point that an alternate history seems not only plausible, but the only one that counts until the final page. Underground Airlines is bold, brilliant, and beautiful - everything you could want from a novel, Ben Winters delivers ten-fold. Now imagine a dramatic telling of the story.’ James Patterson Read more
Imagine an America in which slavery still exists. Winters has done in his novel Underground Airlines. ‘It is a rare thing when a writer has a fresh new provocative idea – and then executes it beautifully. Something that could change the state of the country forever.Īnd in his pursuit, Victor discovers secrets at the core of his country's arrangement with the system that imprisoned him, secrets that will be preserved at any cost. But in tracking his latest target, he can sense that that something isn’t quite right.įor this fugitive is a runaway holding something extraordinary. And he is the best they’ve ever trained.Ī mystery to himself, Victor tries to suppress his memories of his own childhood and convinces himself that he is just a good man doing bad work, unwilling to give up the freedom he is desperate to preserve. Striking a bargain with the government, he has to live his life working as a bounty hunter. Victor has escaped his life as a slave, but his freedom came at a high price. Except for one thing: slavery still exists. It is the present-day, and the world is as we know it.
This is a thriller not to be missed and one that will not be easily forgotten.' Hugh Howey
Ben Winters has created a spellbinding world that forces the reader to look around-and to look within. 'The most timely of alternate history novels. Robert Harris' Fatherland meets 12 Years A Slave, UNDERGROUND AIRLINES is a high concept novel with lots of suspense, and a deeply human, flawed protagonist.
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