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The Between

By: Tananarive Due
Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
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Summary

“An extraordinary work of humane imagination...call it magic realism with soul.” (Locus)

“Finely honed...always engages and frequently surprises.” (New York Times Book Review)

A man risks his soul and his sanity to save his family from malevolent forces in this brilliant novel of horror and the supernatural from the award-winning pioneer of speculative fiction and author of the classic My Soul to Keep.

When Hilton was a boy, his grandmother sacrificed her life to save him from drowning. Thirty years later, he begins to suspect that he was never meant to survive that accident, and that dark forces are working to rectify that mistake.

When Hilton's wife, the only elected African American judge in Dade County, Florida, begins to receive racist hate mail from a man she once prosecuted, Hilton becomes obsessed with protecting his family. The demons lurking outside are matched by his internal terrors - macabre nightmares, more intense and disturbing than any he has ever experienced. Are these bizarre dreams the dark imaginings of a man losing his hold on sanity - or are they harbingers of terrible events to come?

As Hilton battles both the sociopath threatening to destroy his family and the even more terrifying enemy stalking his sleep, the line between reality and fantasy dissolves....

Chilling and utterly convincing, The Between is the haunting story of a man desperately trying to hold on to the people and life he loves as he slowly loses himself.

©2021 Tananarive Due (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers
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Be your own Judge but I'm am chilled to the bone

Ghost Summer provided a taste for me but this book!
The beginning of the book started off a little slow, with a few jumps in time but as Hilton is forced to deal with his choices and the after effect, and questions why these things are happening to him, the reader can easily place themselves at the crossroads he so often bares. Is it chemical imbalance, hoodoo or otherworldly forces?
You decide.
What would be your limit?
When is the threat to your family and yourself enough for you to make the decisions that 'They' are forcing you into.
Tananarive Due is a master.

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Horror at its best

Due understands why horror resonates with audiences and how to wield the genre in an incredibly profound, thoughtful way. The Between is emotionally aware at all times and written with detail and care. This story is as timeless as it is completely present in the here and now. I would recommend this book to anyone.
(And the audiobook reading is superb in itself.)

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Far from what I was expecting

Maybe I was expecting too much from this book but after reading the collection of stories Ghost summer I was expecting a sensational first novel from Tananarive. In my opinion it’s not like that, it is a bit slow and sometimes difficult to follow. I really struggle to finish it. The idea behind it is not bad but the story lack of grip. The performance it’s not bad but it really doesn’t help the book to shine.

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