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About THE PROPHETS:

Isaiah was Samuel\\u2019s and Samuel was Isaiah\\u2019s. That was the way it was since the beginning, and the way it was to be until the end. In the barn they tended to the animals, but also to each other, transforming the hollowed-out shed into a place of human refuge, a source of intimacy and hope in a world ruled by vicious masters. But when an older man\\u2014a fellow slave\\u2014seeks to gain favor by preaching the master\\u2019s gospel on the plantation, the enslaved begin to turn on their own. Isaiah and Samuel\\u2019s love, which was once so simple, is seen as sinful and a clear danger to the plantation\\u2019s harmony.

Jones fiercely summons the voices of slaver and enslaved alike to tell the story of these two men; from the preacher, Amos, to the calculating slave-master, to the long line of women who surround them, women who have carried the soul of the plantation on their shoulders. As tensions build and the weight of centuries\\u2014of ancestors and future generations to come\\u2014culminates in a climactic reckoning, THE PROPHETS reveals the pain and suffering of inheritance, shot through with hope, beauty, and truth, portraying the enormous, heroic power of love.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Robert Jones, Jr., was born and raised in New York City. He received his BFA in creative writing with honors and MFA in fiction from Brooklyn College. He has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times, Essence, OkayAfrica, The Feminist Wire, and The Grio. He is the creator of the social-justice social media community Son of Baldwin. Jones was recently featured in T Magazine\\u2019s cover story, \\u201cBlack Male Writers of Our Time.\\u201d THE PROPHETS is his debut novel.