Pre-order: AFTER COLOR by Malaika Favorite

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Publication May 1, 2025

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BOOK DESCRIPTION

Jade Kelly lives in a world of gray.

It's been this way ever since humanity lost its ability to see color.

But on an ordinary autumn morning in Atlanta, 2051, fifteen-year-old Jade sees something impossible: a single red leaf drifting in a colorless stream. With this gift comes a burden she never asked for—the weight of remembering what the world has forgotten, and the responsibility of carrying that memory with only her grandmother to guide her.

When her secret becomes public, Jade discovers how deeply people fear what they don't understand. As her classmates whisper behind her back and even her closest friend Ruby reveals a painful betrayal, Jade faces the isolation that comes with being able to see what others cannot.

Through Jade's eyes, readers experience the stunning return of color to a monochrome world: the shock of crimson against gray, the subtle shades of a rainbow, the rich depths of blue that most can no longer comprehend. As her world fills with colors no one else can see, she discovers that every gift has its price. To some, she represents hope for recovery; to others, a threat to the world they've carefully rebuilt from loss.

From celebrated artist Malaika Favorite, winner of the Cosmographia Books Prize for Spiritual Fiction, comes a mesmerizing story told in luminous prose that makes readers feel the wonder—and terror—of seeing color in a colorless world. After Color asks what it means to be visibly, undeniably different in a world that demands sameness—and whether the courage to remain true to yourself can light the way for others to see.