"The titular character, Ghalen, is a brilliant young Black man who is the son of an endearing neurodivergent man and a gifted, astute, and empathic woman. His parents' grand love story takes up the first third of the book and sets you up to know Ghalen so fully and invest in this family (and their extended friend/family) so deeply, that each new twist and turn feels personal. The journey through Ghalen's coming-of-age tale, as he ventures out into the world is marked with peaks and valleys and such a drive that you can't help but strap in for it all, while not wanting it to end"-- Provided by publisher.