American Nightmare
A Novel
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American Nightmare
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Christopher Ian Grant, Christian Leatherman
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Kelly McWilliams
In this haunting historical novel, a light-skinned Black man goes undercover to investigate lynchings in the South, only to be confronted by the very evil that has pursued him since childhood...
Clark Wendell White first encountered the Nightmare as a child during the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906, when he and his father stood guard over their family home. In the eyes of the mob surging through his neighborhood, Clark sensed this malevolent presence. It was then that the Nightmare took shape, burrowing deep into his mind and feeding on his fear.
Years later, the same evil presence drives Clark to the NAACP’s headquarters in New York City, where he answers an ad seeking light-skinned Black men for dangerous undercover work. As a spy for the NAACP, Clark investigates lynchings, impersonating the very Nightmare that once tormented him.
As Clark descends deeper into this double life, another force rises: a new chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, finding a foothold in the storied streets of New York City. Among its eager recruits is Sam Cahill—the one man who can see past his disguise. Now Clark must outwit both the living and the dead, as he confronts a past that refuses to stay buried and a future where the act of passing exacts a soul-deep price.
Inspired by the life of civil rights activist Walter White, who passed as a white man to expose the brutality of lynchings from the South to the Midwest, American Nightmare is a gripping historical thriller that reveals the most terrifying monsters aren’t those that go bump in the night but those that walk among us.
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Commentaires
“Beautifully rendered and unflinchingly honest, American Nightmare is a lyrical exploration of the histories that haunt us. I was spellbound by this novel.”—Dolen Perkins-Valdez, New York Times bestselling author of Wench and Take My Hand
“American Nightmare is well-crafted, richly detailed, and an excellent drama of investigative reportage, featuring vividly drawn characters and just a tinge of the supernatural.”—CrimeReads
“With its unflinching excavation of our dark past, American Nightmare is a page-turner with a message. This is a novel uniquely suited to our current moment and beyond.”—Tayari Jones, New York Times bestselling author of Kin and An American Marriage
“A powerful, brutal, and fascinating novel about one of America’s most startling historical horrors.”—Daniel Kraus, New York Times bestselling author of Whalefall and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angel Down
“Read this book. A page-turner that also happens to be a much-needed American history lesson. Eye-opening, brutal (for how could it not be?), and truly, truly frightening.”—Alma Katsu, author of The Fervor
“A mystical, immersive, and utterly compelling journey into a historical fight for justice that feels uniquely relevant to our times. American Nightmare is not to be missed.”—Kyra Davis Lurie, author of The Great Mann
“In McWilliams’ adult debut, the prose is strong and clear, the twentieth-century American landscape easily sucks the reader in, and the dual POV between Clark and his enemy lends the thrill of a crime novel and gives the work a page-turning momentum. . . . American Nightmare is a well-plotted historical thriller that can spark wider conversation.”—Booklist
“American Nightmare is well-crafted, richly detailed, and an excellent drama of investigative reportage, featuring vividly drawn characters and just a tinge of the supernatural.”—CrimeReads
“With its unflinching excavation of our dark past, American Nightmare is a page-turner with a message. This is a novel uniquely suited to our current moment and beyond.”—Tayari Jones, New York Times bestselling author of Kin and An American Marriage
“A powerful, brutal, and fascinating novel about one of America’s most startling historical horrors.”—Daniel Kraus, New York Times bestselling author of Whalefall and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angel Down
“Read this book. A page-turner that also happens to be a much-needed American history lesson. Eye-opening, brutal (for how could it not be?), and truly, truly frightening.”—Alma Katsu, author of The Fervor
“A mystical, immersive, and utterly compelling journey into a historical fight for justice that feels uniquely relevant to our times. American Nightmare is not to be missed.”—Kyra Davis Lurie, author of The Great Mann
“In McWilliams’ adult debut, the prose is strong and clear, the twentieth-century American landscape easily sucks the reader in, and the dual POV between Clark and his enemy lends the thrill of a crime novel and gives the work a page-turning momentum. . . . American Nightmare is a well-plotted historical thriller that can spark wider conversation.”—Booklist
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