Intergalactic visions, deadly threats, and explosive standoffs between mostly good and completely evil converge in a dystopian fantasy that could only be conceived by the inimitable Walter Mosley, one of the country’s most beloved and acclaimed writers

Martin Just wakes up one morning after what feelslike, and might actually be, a centuries-long sleep with two new innate piecesof knowledge: Humanity is a virus destined to destroy all existence. And he isthe Cure.

Martin begins slipping into an alternateconsciousness, with new physical strengths, to violently defend his family–theonly Black family in their neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles– againstpure evil. Think Octavia Butler meets Jeff VanderMeer meets Jordan Peele.

Expansive and innovative, sexy and satirical,Touchedbrilliantly imagines the ways in which human life and technologicalinnovation threaten existence itself.

Walter Mosleyis one of America’s most celebrated and beloved writers. A Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America, he has won numerous awards, including the Anisfield-Wolf Award, a Grammy, a PEN USA’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and several NAACP Image Awards. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages.

His short fiction has appeared in a wide array of publications, includingThe New Yorker, GQ, Esquire, Los Angeles Times Magazine, andPlayboy, and his nonfiction has been published inThe New York Times Book Review,The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, andThe Nation. He is also the author ofDown the River unto the Sea. He lives in New York City.

• Publisher:Atlantic Monthly Press (October 10, 2023)
• Language:English
• Hardcover:176 pages
• ISBN-10:0802161847
• ISBN-13:9780802161840
• Item Weight:9 ounces