The Liminal People by Ayize Jama-Everett

The Liminal People

A Novel

Ayize Jama-Everett

Small Beer Press · Print & ebook · January 20, 2012

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Who it’s for
Come for an immersive supernatural adventure that puts loyalty, power, and family in uneasy balance.
Genres
Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi Adventure
Published
Small Beer Press, January 20, 2012

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About this book

The Liminal People is the first of Ayize Jama-Everett's Liminal novels. Membership in the razor neck crew is for life. But when Taggert, who can heal and hurt with just a touch, receives a call from the past he is honor bound to try and help the woman he once loved try to find her daughter.

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Taggert realizes the girl has more power than even he can imagine and has to wrestle with the nature of his own skills, not to mention risking the wrath of his enigmatic master and perhaps even the gods, in order keep the girl safe. In the end, Taggert will have to delve into the depths of his heart and soul to survive. After all, what really matters is family. New Author Foreword. The fourth and final Liminal novel, Heroes of an Unknown World, will be published in February 2023.

Power and Loyalty

Come for an immersive supernatural adventure that puts loyalty, power, and family in uneasy balance.

Come here for

  • A supernatural thriller where healing and harm share a touch
  • Loyalties tested by family, old love, and extraordinary power

Expect

  • A gifted protagonist wrestling with the nature of his abilities
  • Rising danger involving an enigmatic master and forces beyond the human

Where it sits

Urban Fantasy98%
Sci-Fi27%
Sci-Fi Adventure24%

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Publisher categories

  • Sci-Fi
  • Sci-Fi Adventure
  • Black Fiction
Authors
Ayize Jama-Everett
Publisher
Small Beer Press
Published
January 20, 2012
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Sci-Fi