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Eighth Wonder is a fascinating biographical saga of slave born blind, feeble, and left for dead who begins playing Mozart at the age of three. A riveting true story of treachery, lies, and betrayal that follows the lives of the talented mercurial slave boy, Thomas Bethune, known throughout the world as Blind Tom, and his enigmatic master. The slave's fame becomes so great rumors swirl across the land that Abraham Lincoln wants to kidnap him for the abolitionist cause-a threat leading to his escape from America with his master, Colonel Bethune. Caught between the traditions of the South and the forces of change championed by abolitionists, on both sides of the ocean-the Colonel and Thomas, master and slave, desperately need one another for survival in a world bent on tearing them apart long after the War Between the States ends.

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Steinway artist and classical pianist, John Davis, performer of the best-selling Blind Tom CD of Thomas Bethune's published works, says, A.M. Cal's novel, Eighth Wonder, is a welcome addition to the mounting body of artistic works inspired by the improbable life and career of Thomas Wiggins, the 19th-century African American pianist/composer more popularly known as Blind Tom.. .I found it absolutely riveting. Eighth Wonder is a deeply personal telling of the imagined everyday life of Thomas Bethune, a blind autistic slave and music prodigy in the nineteenth century. A.M. Cal's passionate telling of a tortured time in American history is rich with heart. With vivid details of place and character, she offers us the Bethune family's complicated relationship with the talented Thomas-who they each come to love-set in the tragic institution of slavery. Eighth Wonder is a fascinating, well-told story and a journey you'll never forget. --Susan M Wyler, author of Solsbury Hill

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