# The Water Dancer

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- Book: [The Water Dancer](https://www.bookquiver.com/ta-nehisi-coates/the-water-dancer) ([The Water Dancer.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ta-nehisi-coates/the-water-dancer.md))
- Authors: [Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://www.bookquiver.com/ta-nehisi-coates)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-02-4198-251-8
- Pages: 416
- Published: 2020-11-19
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Every slave plantation is a house of spies and intrigue. No slave walks a straight line or has a single story - deep within their hearts is rebellion. But against whom? Hiram Walker is a man with a gift and a curse. He was born between worlds: his father a white plantation master, his mother black and enslaved. And, unbeknown even to himself, he was born with a special power. When he is sold to a new mistress as punishment for attempting escape, Hiram discovers her home is a secret hub of the underground railroad: a training ground for its agents. Hiram fast becomes a highly skilled agent, retrieving the enslaved from the most dangerous circumstances and gradually learning to harness his power - but betrayals lurk everywhere. And eventually Hiram must risk everything to return to his father's plantation and free the friends he left behind.