Soul Catcher, Michael White
Soul Catcher, Michael White
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Soul Catcher
A Novel

Author: Michael White

Narrator: William Dufris

Unabridged: 15 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/24/2007

Synopsis

Cain is a scarred but proud man haunted by a terrible skill—the ability to track people who don't want to be found.

Rosetta is a runaway slave fueled by the passion and determination only a mother can feel. And she will risk everything for the promise of freedom.

In the perilous years before the Civil War, their fates will intertwine in an unforgettable journey—one of hardship and redemption that will take them from Virginia to Boston and back—an odyssey that will change them forever.

Michael C. White has written beautiful novels before, including the acclaimed A Dream of Wolves, yet none has prepared us for the sheer scope and drama of this new tale—a dazzling tapestry of imagination and character, atmosphere, and emotion. Poignant and utterly compelling, it is a story to be savored and remembered.

About Michael White

A New York Times Notable author, Michael White has written a number of novels, including A Brother's Blood, The Blind Side of the Heart, A Dream of Wolves, and The Garden of Martyrs, as well as a collection of short stories, Marked Men. He teaches fiction writing and literature courses at Fairfield University and is on the faculty of Stonecoast, the University of Southern Maine's low-residency MFA program. He lives in Connecticut.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ashley on December 09, 2008

Soul Catcher is a phenomenal book about slave catcher named Cain who is hired to catch a runaway slave named Rosetta. The novel takes place in the mid 1800s before the Civil War, in a time when slavery was still alive and the racism against black people in the South was strong and violent. Eberly is......more

Goodreads review by Nigel on December 13, 2008

After a dodgy opening few chapters that read like a tedious Western, this book opens out a sweeping storyline that makes a riveting read as well as giving an insight into the conlicted and conflicting views of the two sides as they slip inexorably towards the American Civil War. The prospect of a sl......more

Goodreads review by Will on October 05, 2008

This is a tale of good and evil, of making moral choices. In pre-Civil War Virginia, Augustus Cain is a gambler, though not a very good one. In order to pay off a substantial poker debt he agrees to retrieve two slaves. Soul Catcher is a name given to those who perform such work and Cain is a pro. H......more

Goodreads review by Wrighty on January 03, 2008

Another book I may not have choosen if it was a book club selection but I'm so glad I did. Told during the Cvil War era this story tells about the life of a man who catches run away slaves, a legal practice then. Turbulent times in every way and brutally honest about the treatment of slaves. Heartbr......more

Goodreads review by France on February 24, 2024

Bien écrit, l'intrigue nous permet de ne pas oublier la triste époque de l'esclavage.......more

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