The Book
The March
- By Ronald Fitten
In R.K. Fitten’s deftly written novel, he examines the inner lives of ordinary people, their tenderness and their trauma, their toughness and their timidity, while simultaneously exploring the nexus between far-right nationalist extremism, and a calculated surge in police violence against blacks amid relentless community efforts advocating for widespread police and social reforms.
The March is R.K. Fitten’s debut novel. His second novel, Music Rain, will be released in the fall of 2026.
About The Book
African American lawyer Alexa Williams is 29, and the only Senior Attorney at the largest corporate law firm in the Pacific Northwest. One day after winning her biggest case she sees an 11-year-old boy murdered by the police and is hurled into an existential crisis that eventually compels her to convert into a hard-charging, uncompromising, social activist hell-bent on getting racial and economic justice.
As she redirects the same intelligence and relentless zeal she once used in the courtroom, where she never lost a case, to obtain social justice for her people outside of the courtroom, she inspires and empowers others along the way — while confronting her own fears and insecurities.
In R.K. Fitten’s deftly written novel, he examines the inner lives of ordinary people, their tenderness and their trauma, their toughness and their timidity, while simultaneously exploring the nexus between far-right nationalist extremism, and a calculated surge in police violence against blacks amid relentless community efforts advocating for widespread police and social reforms.
The March is a compelling tale which reveals through Alexa’s vision intricate tapestries of heartbreak and forgiveness, the resilience of the human spirit, and her people’s unwavering and unyielding quest for equality and justice that resonates with a power and presence that feels timeless and urgently contemporary.