Song Yet Sung is a literary fiction book by author James McBride.
New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird.

In the days leading up to the Civil War, a runaway slave named Liz Spocott escapes her captors and escapes into the labyrinthine swamps of Maryland’s east coast, setting off a drama of violence and hope. among slaveholders, plantation owners, water carriers, runaway slaves, and free Negroes.
Liz is near death, shrouded in unsettling visions of the future, and armed with “Code”, a heavily guarded means of cryptographic communication for fugitive slaves. Liz’s flight and her dreams of tomorrow will push everyone close to her to a mysterious, redeeming fate.

Filled with rich, authentic details – much of the story is drawn from historical events.
Song Yet Sung is a story of tragic victory, violent decisions, and unexpected kindness.

“Song Yet Sung” is a portrait of slaves and impoverished whites in the struggling lives of farmers and oyster farmers as well as slave traders and thieves. in Maryland before the Civil War. A character-driven novel — often shocking by its brutality — the book focuses on the desire and plan to break the chains of enslaved people and their captors, who were equally determined to keep them enslaved. None of the black or white people in this book are rich, but we know very little about what happens to the thousands of dollars that black kidnappers make for sale. In this book, we also see how poverty and a culture that allows one to possess one’s own kind dehumanize all people.

“Song Yet Sung” opens with the story of fourteen slaves being kidnapped and hidden in the attic. Liz, the newest prisoner, was shot in the face, a small ball stuck in her forehead. Though half-starved, exhausted, and bleeding close to death, she escaped her fellow prisoners with “visions” and subconscious, prophetic miracles. For those revelations, she was dubbed the “Dreamer”. a nickname she would carry for the rest of her life.

Liz’s journey to freedom lasted her whole life. She shares her visions with others she meets on the gospel path. Her vision is powerful and defines freedom as the experience yet to come. Her image is of a “Dreamer” preaching the gospel of freedom yet to come for all to see and embrace. Each character in the book maintains their own beliefs about life and freedom. James McBride has done an excellent job of capturing the voice of humanity.

• Song Yet Sung

• By: James McBride

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