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The Ballad of Black Tom

Victor LaValle

160 pages

About this book

"When [Charles Thomas Tester] delivers an occult book to a reclusive sorceress in the heart of Queens, [he] opens a door to a deeper realm of magic, and earns the attention of things best left sleeping"--Page 4 of cover.

Themes
Dark & BroodingMysteriousStrange & UnsettlingThought-ProvokingMagic as systemic oppressionThe cost of survivalReclaiming stolen narrativesUrban folklore horror
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