| Management number | 240802311 | Release Date | 2026/07/16 | List Price | US$8.00 | Model Number | 240802311 | ||
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<p>In 1649, French colonizers greet the generous Carib people of Grenada with open arms-and secret orders for genocide. From the ashes of a massacre and a desperate, sacrificial leap from a cliff, a curse is born into the soil.</p><p>Years later, enslaved Africans are brought to work the conquered land, their suffering a constant, brutal offering. With each lash of the whip, each act of defilement, a shadow gathers on Hill Piton, drinking their pain. It is a passive, growing hunger born of unspeakable cruelty.</p><p>When a child is sentenced to death for stealing bread to survive, that hunger awakens. The shadow rises-a being of darkness with eyes of fire and ocean, and lips stained with blood. It is "the Jab." The "Diable Diable." The living vengeance of a people. In one night of horrific, targeted slaughter, it purges the plantation of its masters, freeing the enslaved and marking the island forever.</p><p>This is the origin story of a legend, a tale of how paradise was stolen, how a people were broken, and how their collective anguish forged a monster that would become the eternal, sleeping guardian of Grenada.</p>
| Book format | Paperback |
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| Fiction/nonfiction | Fiction |
| Genre | Literature & Fiction |
| Publication date | January, 2026 |
| Pages | 142 |
| Subgenre | African American & Black |
| Series title | Devil |
| Number in series | 2 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Publisher | Christopher Oliver Charles |
| Original languages | English |
| Language | English |
| Is collectible | N |
| Character | the Jab |
| Retail packaging | Single Piece |
| Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h) | 5.50 x 0.33 x 8.50 in |
| Assembled product weight | 0.38 lb |
| Bisac subject heading | Fiction |
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