Blue Light

Walter Mosley · first published 1998 · ISBN 9780316570985

A strange blue light appears across North America, transforming anyone who sees it and bestowing upon them supernatural abilities. In Mosley's only science fiction novel to date, this phenomenon reaches the San Francisco Bay Area, where various people must make sense of their changed lives and the responsibility that comes with power. The novel blends science fiction speculation with Mosley's characteristic attention to race, class, and the realities of people struggling to survive.