Coming off a high-profile win, Grey is invited to join an exclusive group of similarly minded successful black men. Martin Grey is an African American attorney on the very brink of fame and fortune. Forty Acres forces the issue, making readers address issues like slavery and reparation head on. So, you know, I'm not in the habit of really talking about race - or any potentially inflammatory subject like religion or politics - because I'd rather polite than start a fight.
The desire to be politically correct is almost ingrained, at this point, and I'm terrified of being perceived as offensive when I'm trying to be anything but. It isn't that I think things are right or fair or equal between the races - just the opposite, but I don't know how to talk about it without causing offense or being antagonistic. As a Caucasian, I have difficulty verbalizing and discussing racial inequities and discrimination. This is awkward.I had a difficult time reading this book, and I'm having an even harder time reviewing it. 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.Oh dear.
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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