"Bravo! Couldn't stay for the Q & A but this was the best thing I've seen in a long time! Looking forward to reading the book. "The reading was absolutely fantastic. Just bought the book." - N. I guess I'll have to read the book.The performances were awesome! Great work!" - D. I was engaged from the beginning to the end and now I'm very curious to see how it unfolds. "I just wanted to send a quick email to say how impressed I was with the reading yesterday. Their expressions were priceless and so right on! Well done TST! Also, the discussion with the author was very informative and the moderator was excellent!" - C. Shout out to all the actors, esp the female cast. "Awesome‼️ I was so totally into it that it wasn't just a zoom presentation, it came alive. "Brilliant! Acting and directing and production! Kudos." - M. The production was first rate with no technical problems." - R.
That was a fabulous show. The actors were all very believable and I felt like they were the people I had imagined as I read the book. Trapped inside a picture-perfect, make-believe world that is home to a frightening reality, Martin must find a way out that will allow him to stay alive without becoming the very thing he hates.Ī novel of rage and compassion, good and evil, trust and betrayal, Forty Acres is the thought-provoking story of one man’s desperate attempt to escape the clutches of a terrifying new moral order."Hey Nancy.
Martin finds out that his glittering new friends are part of a secret society dedicated to the preservation of the institution of slavery-but this time around, the black men are called “Master.” Joining them seems to guarantee a future without limits rebuking them almost certainly guarantees his death. But far from home and cut off from everyone he loves, he discovers a disturbing secret that challenges some of his deepest convictions… They invite him for a weekend away from it all-no wives, no cell phones, no talk of business. He’s dazzled by what they’ve accomplished, and they seem to think he has the potential to be as successful as they are.
Martin Grey, a smart, talented black lawyer working out of a storefront in Queens, becomes friendly with a group of some of the most powerful, wealthy, and esteemed black men in America. Read the page-turning, provocative thriller that will forever change the way you think about slavery and its legacy in today’s America. “A thriller in a class by itself - brilliant and scary!” - Terry McMillan
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