RA'A

"An exhilarating portrait of a fighter, RA'A bursts onto the page. A novel that is completely alive in images and that makes the reader feel alive, too."

-Amina Cain, author Indelicacy and A Horse At Night

"RA'A is a feat of the imagination. Caleb True weaves history into his fiction with grace, soul, and dexterity. For fans of Ethan Rutherford's North Sun, and anyone else curious about the hidden corners of history." 

-Amity Gaige, author of Heartwood 

"Mythic, original, deeply intelligent, and even prophetic-RA'A presents a boxer at the top of his game, at war with mortality and the forces of destiny. Caleb True is a writer to watch."

-Janet Peery, National Book Award Finalist for The River Beyond the World

"A knockout debut that announces Caleb True as a writer to watch. Like its titular fighter, RA'A is compact, powerful, and relentless in its vision of the lasting violence of imperialism."

-Michael Alessi, author of Call a Body Home

"An epic in the space of a fist. Like Agustina Baztericca, Gabriel Garc­a M¡rquez, or Ernest Hemingway, True's prose brings family, community, and friendship to life as his characters reckon with oppression, classism, poverty, and lack of opportunity. The Malvinas Islands and the South Atlantic are drawn with a curious, sympathetic, and keen eye for natural and cultural history as well as an appreciation for the vastness of the ocean, the kelp forests, and the sheep-dotted islands. The incongruity of British citizens living so far from home, defending land that was once Argentina's, paints a complex historical drama without ever becoming pedantic. Like the Arctic winds that haunt True's prose, RA'A whips as much as it whispers."  

-Kristine Zeigler, author of Cover This Country Like Snow and Other Stories and Fundraiser's Companion