Critical Praise

"Gripping, thought-provoking, and occasionally horrifying."

—Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"Rendered in erudite English of the time, the sinister plot lays bare the irony of violence used to pursue freedoms and preserve slavery."

—San Francisco Chronicle

"An imaginative and highly intelligent exploration of the horrors of human experimentation and the ambiguous history of America’s origins."

—The Wall Street Journal

"Imaginative and important."

—The New York Times Book Review