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Obsidian Dumar III, world weary, Pulitzer Prize winning author, professor of literature at Brown in Providence, RI is stuck. After instant success with his first book his publisher asked him to write a memoir. Like many an author before him he is finding it extremely difficult to write about himself. To tell his own story requires reliving painful memories he'd long ago consigned to his private dustbin. Except as he ponders more about his life resurrecting events, images from his past, there have always been seemingly dark forces at play surrounding Dr. Dumar from a very young age. Then the letter arrives from Lula Mae Sykes. A person who says they are related and his grandfather Obsidian Dumar has died and left him to be the caretaker of the family secret. It is this letter which sets him on his epic journey through time, space and culture. He follows clue after clue contained in bits 'n pieces of his grandfather's "autobiography." The only family he has ever known is the Griffins of Atlanta. The story is well known by now. Left on the doorstep of the Griffins a well-known, well-connected Atlanta family, the note tied around his neck attached to a string of canine teeth read simply. "His name is Obsidian Dumar III." Well it was certainly provocative for the time and place, mid 1940's Atlanta, "White Family Adopts Negro Baby Left in Basket on Doorstep." Many people would refer to him jokingly, derisively as The Black Moses. But this was no random choice by any means. He was left with The Griffins for a reason. Finding out that reason would now again consume him. The story takes us from 18th Century Portugal, Ireland, and Western Africa of the old world to Montserrat, New Orleans, Atlanta, and The Piney Woods of Georgia in the new. We travel back to 2500 BCE as well as see events unfold in the recent past and in the here and now. Until finally, Obsidian's destiny is revealed and he must chose to save himself and humanity in the process.
About the Author: Walter Harris Gavin is a former Nationally Syndicated TV Host/Producer of The Gavin & Lott Show which helped introduce the Black Music Video form to audiences nationwide. He's been an advertising executive, independent film & video producer and professional tour guide among other endeavors. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he's lived in various parts of the country on both the east and west coasts, in urban and suburban environments, from the seashore to desert terrains. He has experienced life's highs and lows. After 40 years no longer a wide-eyed 20 something, the vision of bringing unappreciated and novel "human" stories to life from a "black" perspective still burns bright. His motto: Carpe Diem...Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, 'Cause It's All Small Stuff. His Goal: Enlighten, Inform, Entertain & Inspire audiences worldwide. This is his first novel, but not his last


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  • ISBN-13: 9781482317008
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Depth: 9
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1482317001
  • Publisher Date: 03 Feb 2013
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 148
  • Series Title: Obsidian Dumar
  • Weight: 208 gr

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