The Liminal People is the first of Ayize Jama-Everett’s Liminal novels.
Membership in the razor neck crew is for life. But when Taggert, who can heal and hurt with just a touch, receives a call from the past he is honor bound to try and help the woman he once loved try to find her daughter. Taggert realizes the girl has more power than even he can imagine and has to wrestle with the nature of his own skills, not to mention risking the wrath of his enigmatic master and perhaps even the gods, in order keep the girl safe. In the end, Taggert will have to delve into the depths of his heart and soul to survive.
After all, what really matters is family.
The fourth and final Liminal novel, Heroes of an Unknown World, will be published in 2022.
关于作者
Ayize Jama-Everett was born in 1974 and raised in Harlem, New York. Since then he has traveled extensively in Northern Africa, New Hampshire, and Northern California. He holds a Master’s in Clinical Psychology and a Master’s in Divinity. He teaches religion and psychology at Starr King School for the Ministry when he’s not working as a school therapist at the College Preparatory School. He is the author of three novels,
The Liminal People, The Liminal War, and
The Entropy of Bones, as well as an upcoming graphic novel with illustrator John Jennings entitled
Box of Bones, and has written for
The Believer and the
LA Review of Books, among others. When not educating, studying, or beating himself up for not writing enough, he’s usually enjoying aged rums and practicing his aim.