Darkness: A Slave's Story

By: Nebeker-Johnson, Jeff

She was born into bondage. She was never meant to have a voice. Yet one young woman's fight for identity will change everything she knows about freedom, family, and herself.

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 1850s. Darkness has never understood why her life belongs to someone else. On the Andrews' farm, she watches families torn apart, and struggles against the cruel truth of her own parentage. But when the owner's wife forces her to be sold, Darkness is thrust into a world that challenges everything she has been told about who she is, and who she might become.

Purchased by siblings Luke and Alice Knox, she enters a household unlike any she has known. While Luke is away fighting for the Union, Alice teaches Darkness to read, write, and think as a woman with a future. When the war ends and life changes forever, Darkness must navigate love, transformation, and a new identity that both frees her and complicates the world around her.

A powerful story of resilience, womanhood, and the unbreakable will to rise, Darkness: A Slave's Story, is the unforgettable beginning of The Darkness Saga-an epic generational journey shaped by faith, courage, and the fight for freedom.

Perfect for readers who enjoy richly layered historical fiction such as The Kitchen House, The Book of Negroes, and Kindred.

Continue the journey in Book 2: Doris: The Struggles of a Former Slave (The Darkness Saga Book 2).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B09NGQXRZB
• ISBN13: 9798784259646
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"