Agnes Gomillion’s debut novel, The Record Keeper (Titan, £8.99), is set in the year 170AE (After the End), and is Arika Cobane’s account of her life as an American slave. The third world war has devastated societies worldwide and the US is in the grip of a totalitarian regime. Its ruling white elite maintain an uneasy peace and dubious social cohesion through the enforcement of state-sanctioned slavery. Arika, one of the black underclass, is a privileged “record keeper” whose work rewriting history is part of the programme to maintain the privileges of the ruling whites. But when Arika meets rebel and malcontent Hosea Khan, her prejudices and expectations are subverted and she embarks on a course of action that will change everything. Gomillion has written a brutally honest, often heartbreaking novel that examines slavery and racism while offering redemption and hope.
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