Black, Black Bird

New York, 1867. When convent girl Brenda Hunt is hired as a nurse at the Colored Orphan Asylum, she believes her life is finally beginning. No longer confined to domestic work, she now assists the brilliant Dr. John Webb, the only Black physician in town, and dares to envision a future shaped by her own ambition. But as kidnappings of Black New Yorkers rise and whispers spread of birds, both real and fantastical, terrorizing the streets, Brenda realizes that peril lurks not only beyond the asylum walls, but within them.

Drawn into Dr. Webb’s ambitious experiments, Brenda finds herself torn between her duty to the orphans, her growing feelings for her employer, and the lure of power and desire. The arrival of Barnes, a sharp-eyed outsider, fractures her certainty even more. As children begin to disappear, Brenda must decide how far she is willing to go and what she is willing to sacrifice to protect those in her care.

For fans of Sinners, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, and Mexican Gothic, Black, Black Bird is a gothic, twisted tale of ambition and desire in an era when Black humanity was put on trial by power and science, and when protecting the most vulnerable came at a harrowing price.

Krishan Trotman is a native New Yorker. She is a novelist, coauthor of the acclaimed Queens of the Resistance four-book nonfiction series, and Vice President, Publisher, and Founder of Legacy Lit at Hachette Book Group. She was recently profiled in The New York Times and Essence magazine as one of the few African American publishing executives. New York magazine cited her as belonging to Publishing’s New Powerhouse Club, and Trotman has also been featured in Forbes and Publishers Weekly, on Shondaland, and more. She has committed over fifteen years to publishing books by and about multicultural voices and social justice. Throughout her career, she has proudly worked with leaders and trailblazers on this frontier such as John Lewis, Stephanie Land, Malcolm Nance, Zerlina Maxwell, Ibtihaj Muhammad, Al Roker, Ed Gordon, Lindy West, and other dynamic celebrity and bestselling authors. She is the self-described Beyoncé of Books. A Baldwin of the Arts writing fellow, she resides in New Jersey with her teenage son Bleu and golden retriever Blaise. Black, Black Bird is her debut novel. For more information, visit krishantrotman.com.

• Publisher: Amistad
  
• Publish Date: May 18, 2027
  
• Pages: 352
  
• Language: English
  
• Type: Hardcover
  
• EAN/UPC: 9780063570535
  
• Dimensions: 9.3 X 6.3 X 1.3 inches | 1.3 pounds
  
• BISAC: Fiction / Literary
  Fiction / Gothic
  Fiction / Horror
  Fiction / Thrillers / Historical
  Fiction / African American & Black / Women
  Fiction / Historical
  Fiction / African American & Black / Historical
  Fiction / Romance / African American & Black
  Fiction / Magical Realism
  Fiction / Romance / Historical
  Fiction / Horror / Monsters & Creatures
  Fiction / Historical / 19th Century