title: Narrative of Sojourner Truth (Penguin Classics)
author: Sojourner Truth
description: &quot;The time is long overdue for a compelling look at the legendary Sojourner Truth. Margaret Washington deserves our gratitude for reclaiming Truth and shedding light on the most enigmatic black woman of the 19th century.&quot;<br><br>-- Darlene Clark Hine, Professor of History, Michigan State University
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  ONLY  
  TRUTH
  
  A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE
  
  JULIE CAMERON
  
  SCARLET
  
  NEW YORK
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  To my family, for their love and support
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  To the dead we owe only truth
  
  —Voltaire, “Premiére Lettre sur Oedipe” in Oeuvres
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Prologue
  
  The sun blazed from an unsullied sky. The leaves ceased their rustling and the
  blades of grass stilled. Peace once again folded itself over the trees and the
  natural order was restored—except for what now lay there, broken and bloody,
  sprawled on the mossy woodland floor.
  
  A fly gently settled on her forehead and observed with interest the clotted
  mess forming before its compound eyes. It shimmered like a jewel as it dipped
  its head to greedily taste. Where once was beauty lay destruction and the
  buttercups averted their sunny faces from the sight.
  
  He slipped away between the trees, his every fiber singing with the joy of
  what he’d done; he was transformed, the secret of who he was and what he could
  be finally revealed. He was Mors, God of Death,