Touched - by Walter Mosley (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

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 feels like, and might actually be, a centuries-long sleep with two new innate pieces of knowledge: Humanity is a virus destined to destroy all existence. And he is the Cure.

Martin begins slipping into an alternate consciousness, with new physical strengths, to violently defend his family--the only Black family in their neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles-- against pure evil. Think Octavia Butler meets Jeff VanderMeer meets Jordan Peele.

Expansive and innovative, sexy and satirical, Touched brilliantly imagines the ways in which human life and technological innovation threaten existence itself.

Review Quotes

Praise for Touched and Walter Mosley:

"An expansive dystopian fantasy that is equally sexy and incisive." - Entertainment Weekly

"Like a Black Mirror episode set against the Hollywood Hills." - Kirkus

"Walter Mosley is best known as one of contemporary literature's pre-eminent crime novelists, but he's actually four or five different writers rolled into one... He's an altogether thornier, more idiosyncratic writer than readers may know, an inveterate investigator and chronicler of his own heart, mind and soul." --New York Times

The prolific Mosley delights in the wonderfully bizarre... He unfurls into greater and frankly breathtaking complexity."--New York Times on The Awkward Black Man

"[Near] the recent work of Julian Barnes and Roddy Doyle."--Wall Street Journal on The Awkward Black Man

"We see [Mosley] as a chronicler of Black life in America."--Washington Post on The Awkward Black Man

"Tinged with sardonic humor and acerbic observations, many echoing the pained, bristling voices of Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin."--New Yorker on The Awkward Black Man

About the Author

Walter Mosley is the author of more than sixty critically-acclaimed books, including the major bestselling mystery series featuring Easy Rawlins. His work has been translated into twenty-five languages and includes literary fiction, science fiction, political monographs, and a young adult novel. In 2013, he was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame, and he is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award, a Grammy, PEN America's Lifetime Achievement Award, and an Edgar Award. He lives in New York City.