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Muze Annotation: Julius Lester, best known for compelling historical fiction about slavery, including DAY OF TEARS, has created a tale revolving around spirituality, death, and faith. The god of life and death, Amma, feels that the souls of enslaved Africans in a foreign land are not finding peace in the bedlam caused by the slave trade. He places Ekundayo, an emissary, on a Virginia plantation to attempt to soothe both the living and the dead. However, the young man sent, a slave himself, becomes overwhelmed by the unhappiness he finds--and, in addition, he falls in love with his master’s daughter. Set just before the Civil War, this intense work shares deep insights into the conditions of slavery.