A gripping thriller about a reporter risking his life to expose
corrupt policing from a New York Times bestselling author.
*In the Margins 2023 Top YA Fiction Title
Caleb Moon is a young idealistic journalist reporting on everyday
racial injustices, but when he is arrested at a police brutality
protest he meets a racist white cop. The interactions indicate the
lengths to which racism is systemic and pushes Caleb's approach to
injustice from theory into practice.
Convinced that journalism isn't how he will change the world Caleb
chooses to help a black candidate run for mayor against the white
incumbent. The experience exposes him to the machinations of voter
suppression and the lengths to which those at the top will go to
maintain the status quo. These revelations drive him further
underground as he has made powerful enemies.
Race is a powerful, riveting, and timely novel about one man's quest
to destroy the system from within before it destroys him.