My Soul to Keep

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My Soul to Keep
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AuthorTananarive Due
LanguageEnglish
SeriesAfrican Immortals #1
GenreScience Fiction, Horror
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date
1997
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages346 pp
ISBN978-0-06-018742-2
Followed byThe Living Blood 

My Soul to Keep is a 1997 novel by American writer Tananarive Due. It is the first book in Due's African Immortals series and was followed by The Living Blood (2001). The third book in the series, Blood Colony, was published in 2008.

Summary

Jessica, a reporter, is in a happy marriage to David, a professor. After close friends and family begin dying around her, Jessica feels David is hiding something. David reveals that he is immortal and has been for centuries. Jessica’s recent investigations into deaths at nursing homes revealed the death of his own daughter, Rosalie. The coinciding tragedies were David’s attempts to keep his past lives hidden and protect Jessica.

Adaptation

In 2004, it was announced that a film version of this book is in production with actor Blair Underwood.[1]

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