An Immortal's Relentless Search

David or Dawit, a 500-year-old, immortal, Muslim cult member, who cannot resist the lure of those things most mortals take for granted, the love for and of family. David has walked the earth through centuries of history with no history to call his own.

Tananarive Due's second novel "My Soul to keep" unfolds with main characters David and his then wife Jessica, a reporter and their 5-year-old daughter Kira, Living in the comfort of modern times and all is well until mysterious deaths begin to take place around David and close to Jessica. Being unaware of David's secret Jessica's reporter instincts kick in and reveal the painful truth, piece by piece through out the novel. Gripping and guiding the reader through a time line from ancient Ethiopia through the slavery of the 1800's and the Heyday of the Jazz age the novel is fast paced and well written. The major characters in addition to most of the minor characters are African American, not a common occurrence in thriller/suspense genre, which only adds to the novel's distinctiveness. Mrs. Due brings characters to life in "My Soul to Keep" without putting them in stereotypical situations and coupled with interesting shifts through times, as well as cultures, chronicling the various lives that David has experienced in haunting and engrossing detail. Unpredictable and suspenseful "My Soul to Keep" is a must read for those who prefer the thriller and suspense flavor however the story is so compelling that it will hold you on the edge of your seat in anticipation of what's going to happen next, whatever your reading preference. As validation of the story's appeal Actor Blair Underwood is bringing the book to life in Movie form in the fall of 2001.

The saga continues in Tananarive Due's sequel to "My Soul to Keep" now in print, "The Living Blood" which is garnering praise for it's spine-chilling suspense. Mrs. Due's reputation and literary credits are growing with short stories, novels "Between" and "Black Rose" currently in print.

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