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Sacred Hunger Series

This series delves into the darker aspects of human ambition and the corrosive effects of greed and the pursuit of power. It explores how the insatiable desire for expansion and profit can lead to profound moral compromises and devastating consequences. Through compelling narratives, it examines the complex interplay between oppressors and the oppressed, often highlighting the struggle for survival and autonomy in the face of overwhelming forces. The stories offer a stark and engrossing look at the enduring human capacity for both cruelty and resilience.

The Quality of Mercy
Sacred Hunger

Recommended Reading Order

  1. Sacred Hunger

    • 640 pages
    • 23 hours of reading

    Nominee for the 1992 Booker Prize for Fiction Sacred Hunger is a stunning and engrossing exploration of power, domination, and greed. Filled with the "sacred hunger" to expand its empire and its profits, England entered full into the slave trade and spread the trade throughout its colonies. In this Booker Prize-winning work, Barry Unsworth follows the failing fortunes of William Kemp, a merchant pinning his last chance to a slave ship; his son who needs a fortune because he is in love with an upper-class woman; and his nephew who sails on the ship as its doctor because he has lost all he has loved. The voyage meets its demise when disease spreads among the slaves and the captain's drastic response provokes a mutiny. Joining together, the sailors and the slaves set up a secret, utopian society in the wilderness of Florida, only to await the vengeance of the single-minded, young Kemp. From Publishers Weekly Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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  2. The Quality of Mercy

    • 304 pages
    • 11 hours of reading

    When he receives a tip about some mines for sale in East Durham, Kemp sees the business opportunity he has been waiting for, and he too makes his way north, to the very same village that Sullivan is heading for...

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    4.0