Marlon James Collection 3 Books Set

Seven gunmen storm Bob Marleys house, machine guns blazing. The reggae superstar survives, but the gunmen are never caught. From the acclaimed author of The Book of Night Women comes a dazzling display of masterful storytelling exploring this near-mythic event.

 

This is the story of Lilith, born into slavery on a Jamaican sugar plantation at the end of the eighteenth century. Even at her birth, the Night Women a clandestine council of fierce slaves plotting an island-wide revolt recognize a dark force in her that they treat with both reverence and fear. 

 

On a day beginning with a bad omen black vultures, known locally as John Crows, crash through the local church windows a handsome and charismatic stranger drags the village preacher from his pulpit and takes over both church and congregation.