Dark Sons

'Both lyrical and powerful Grimes' unusual novel is mediation on faith and father-son relationships ... Grimes' commanding metaphors authoritative style and complex characterizations are uniquely compelling.'---Publisher's Weekly starred review

'The elemental connections and the hope ('You made it / in the end / and so will I') will speak to a wide audience.'---Booklist starred review

A guy whose father
ripped his heart out too.
Me and you Ishmael
we're brothers
two dark sons.

Betrayed lost and isolated the perspectives of two teenage boys---modern-day Sam and biblical Ishmael---unite over millennia to illustrate the power of forgiveness.