The Water Dancer Coates Ta-Nehisi (2020)

This debut novel by the critically acclaimed author of Between the World and Me and We Were Eight Years in Power follows Hiram Walker, a man with a secret and a war to win for the right to life, family and freedom. Born into bondage on a Virginia plantation, Hiram also possesses a mysterious power that he does not discover until he is almost a man, when he risks everything for a chance to escape. One fateful decision takes him away from his makeshift plantation family and into the heart of the underground war against slavery.