The Liminal People
A Novel
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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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 Fantasy | 98% |
|---|---|
| Sci-Fi | 27% |
| Sci-Fi Adventure | 24% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
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