Elysium

Plantation Series, Book 4

By: Gretchen Craig

Narrated by: Allyson Johnson

Lily Palmer flees with her daughter to take refuge on her uncle's farm in Louisiana. Here she finds herself in a world struggling with the aftereffects of the Civil War. For the first time, she is confronted with her own careless assumptions about race as she learns to appreciate the humanity of everyone around her. Threatening the fragile peace she achieves, her love for Alistair Whiteaker collides with her own dark past, shattering all hope for a new life. 

Alistair Whiteaker returns from the war determined to make amends for having owned the men and women who toiled on his plantation. Sickened by his part in perpetuating slavery, he works to thwart the aims of white supremacists and violent racists. At the same time, he longs to make a family with Lily and her daughter. To do that, he must first eliminate the man who inflicts another kind of injustice on the woman he loves. 

Thomas Bickell uses every ounce of his talent and courage to win suffrage for Black men. An ex-slave himself, he knows emancipation is not enough. When Fanny Brown is assaulted by white supremacists whose true target is Thomas himself, he realizes his greatest challenge may be to reclaim the heart of his beloved. 

©2015 Gretchen Craig (P)2017 Tantor

Great Conclusion

excellent series. I feel like it could be 2 more books. I thoroughly enjoyed all of the books in this series.

great book

I fell in love with the first book I had to get the second third and fourth back to back. i laughed cried through all of them.
wow spell bounding.

Loved the whole series

Kept me involved in the story. I could visualize the environment by the narrator's words.

Nice ending to the saga!

I followed this story through the 4-book series and was thoroughly pleased with everything, the writing, narration and all. I can only imagine that it would be difficult to capture a time period and tell it with such poignancy and ease—this writer does that very well!

Enjoyed the entire series

Very good stories. Perfectly portrayed and the reader was excellent. Listened to them all and they kept me interested with the stories told over generations.