⭐⭐⭐✨ (3.5 stars rounded up to 4) Nathan Harris’s Amity is a gripping story about a brother and sister, emancipated from slavery but still searching for true freedom, and their odyssey across the deserts of Mexico to reunite—all while fleeing a former master who refuses to let them go. Set in 1866, the novel follows Coleman and June, siblings separated when their former owner hauls June off to Mexico chasing silver and control. When Coleman is later summoned to follow, what unfolds is a sprawling adventure filled with shipwrecks, captivity, desert crossings, and a relentless chase. Both siblings must wrestle with a hard truth: freedom isn’t always given—it’s taken. Harris […]