A great, intense read. In some parts it felt a bit too much as if it was already written for a possible future tv series. Like, for example in how traumatic moments of being caught again crash a longer build up of hope in chapters about journey and temporary settlement. But then: To personalize the omnipresence of the threat and fear of being caught again, of being re-enslaved, by turning it into a psycho character (the obsessed slave hunter Ridgeway), is very well done in how it makes it more relatable. It is just as good an idea as transforming the Underground Railroad into an actual railroad under ground. Powerful pictures.