Underground airlines

Book Cover
Average Rating
5 star
 
(1)
4 star
 
(0)
3 star
 
(0)
2 star
 
(0)
1 star
 
(0)
Publisher:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
Description
"It is the present-day, and the world is as we know it: smartphones, social networking and Happy Meals. Save for one thing: the Civil War never occurred. A gifted young Black man calling himself Victor has struck a bargain with federal law enforcement, working as a bounty hunter for the US Marshall Service. He's got plenty of work. In this version of America, slavery continues in four states called "the Hard Four." On the trail of a runaway known as Jackdaw, Victor arrives in Indianapolis knowing that something isn't right--with the case file, with his work, and with the country itself. A mystery to himself, Victor suppresses his memories of his childhood on a plantation, and works to infiltrate the local cell of a abolitionist movement called the Underground Airlines. Tracking Jackdaw through the back rooms of churches, empty parking garages, hotels, and medical offices, Victor believes he's hot on the trail. But his strange, increasingly uncanny pursuit is complicated by a boss who won't reveal the extraodinary stakes of Jackdaw's case, as well as by a heartbreaking young woman and her child who may be Victor's salvation. Victor himself may be the biggest obstacle of all--though his true self remains buried, it threatens to surface. Victor believes himself to be a good man doing bad work, unwilling to give up the freedom he has worked so hard to earn. But in pursuing Jackdaw, Victor discovers secrets at the core of the country's arrangement with the Hard Four, secrets the government will preserve at any cost. Underground Airlines is a ground-breaking novel, a wickedly imaginative thriller, and a story of an America that is more like our own than we'd like to believe"--
Also in This Series
More Like This
More Copies In Prospector
Loading Prospector Copies...
More Details
ISBN:
9780316261241
9780316268622
9780316261234
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View

Grouping Information

Grouped Work ID6247f11d-2ccf-76d3-46c3-58118fec82d1
Grouping Titleunderground airlines
Grouping Authorben h winters
Grouping Categorybook
Grouping LanguageEnglish (eng)
Last Grouping Update2023-06-10 03:41:05AM
Last Indexed2023-06-10 04:00:32AM

Solr Fields

accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
author
Winters, Ben H
author_display
Winters, Ben H
available_at_aurora
Mission Viejo
Tallyn's Reach
detailed_location_aurora
Central Fiction
Mission Viejo Fiction
Tallyn's Reach Fiction
display_description
"It is the present-day, and the world is as we know it: smartphones, social networking and Happy Meals. Save for one thing: the Civil War never occurred. A gifted young Black man calling himself Victor has struck a bargain with federal law enforcement, working as a bounty hunter for the US Marshall Service. He's got plenty of work. In this version of America, slavery continues in four states called "the Hard Four." On the trail of a runaway known as Jackdaw, Victor arrives in Indianapolis knowing that something isn't right--with the case file, with his work, and with the country itself. A mystery to himself, Victor suppresses his memories of his childhood on a plantation, and works to infiltrate the local cell of a abolitionist movement called the Underground Airlines. Tracking Jackdaw through the back rooms of churches, empty parking garages, hotels, and medical offices, Victor believes he's hot on the trail. But his strange, increasingly uncanny pursuit is complicated by a boss who won't reveal the extraodinary stakes of Jackdaw's case, as well as by a heartbreaking young woman and her child who may be Victor's salvation. Victor himself may be the biggest obstacle of all--though his true self remains buried, it threatens to surface. Victor believes himself to be a good man doing bad work, unwilling to give up the freedom he has worked so hard to earn. But in pursuing Jackdaw, Victor discovers secrets at the core of the country's arrangement with the Hard Four, secrets the government will preserve at any cost. Underground Airlines is a ground-breaking novel, a wickedly imaginative thriller, and a story of an America that is more like our own than we'd like to believe"--
format_aurora
Book
eBook
format_category_aurora
Books
eBook
id
6247f11d-2ccf-76d3-46c3-58118fec82d1
isbn
9780316261234
9780316261241
9780316268622
itype_aurora
Book
last_indexed
2023-06-10T10:00:32.822Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Fiction
literary_form_full
Fiction
local_callnumber_aurora
SF Winters, B.
owning_library_aurora
Aurora Public Library
owning_location_aurora
Central
Mission Viejo
Tallyn's Reach
primary_isbn
9780316261241
publishDate
2016
publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company
recordtype
grouped_work
subject_facet
Bounty hunters -- Fiction
Conspiracies -- Fiction
Slavery -- United States -- Fiction
title_display
Underground airlines
title_full
Underground Airlines
Underground airlines / Ben H. Winters
title_short
Underground airlines
topic_facet
Bounty hunters
Conspiracies
Fantasy
Fiction
Historical Fiction
Slavery
Thriller

Solr Details Tables

item_details

Bib IdItem IdShelf LocCall NumFormatFormat CategoryNum CopiesIs Order ItemIs eContenteContent SourceeContent URLDetailed StatusLast CheckinLocation
ils:.b18056805.i23425544Mission Viejo FictionSF Winters, B.1falsefalseAvailableSep 06, 2021mvlfi
ils:.b18056805.i23425568Central FictionSF Winters, B.1falsefalseDue Jun 21, 2023Mar 03, 2022cenfi
ils:.b18056805.i23425556Tallyn's Reach FictionSF Winters, B.1falsefalseAvailableOct 03, 2019tlrfi
overdrive:c8087e56-d438-4d21-9b00-0c5cb5dab661-1Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook2falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online

record_details

Bib IdFormatFormat CategoryEditionLanguagePublisherPublication DatePhysical DescriptionAbridged
ils:.b18056805BookBooksFirst editionEnglishMulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company2016327 pages : illustration ; 25 cm.
overdrive:c8087e56-d438-4d21-9b00-0c5cb5dab661eBookeBookEnglishLittle, Brown and Company2016

scoping_details_aurora

Bib IdItem IdGrouped StatusStatusLocally OwnedAvailableHoldableBookableIn Library Use OnlyLibrary OwnedHoldable PTypesBookable PTypesLocal Url
ils:.b18056805.i23425544On ShelfAvailablefalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue0, 1, 3, 20, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11
ils:.b18056805.i23425568Checked OutChecked Outfalsefalsetruefalsefalsetrue0, 1, 3, 20, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11
ils:.b18056805.i23425556On ShelfAvailablefalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue0, 1, 3, 20, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11
overdrive:c8087e56-d438-4d21-9b00-0c5cb5dab661-1Available OnlineAvailable Onlinefalsetruetruefalsefalsefalse