No One Will Save Us - Brown, Julie L

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Auteur(s) : Brown, Julie L

Editeur : Jab Press

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/06/2024

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 372

Dimensions : 20.3 x 13.3 x 2.1

ISBN : 9781735475035

Résumé :

Finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Award for Fantasy - Finalist for the National Indie Excellence Book Award for African American Fiction - Winner of the Independent Press Award for African American Fiction

Imagine a cross between Chinua Achebe's masterpiece Things Fall Apart and the first Black Panther movie-that's how good this novel is.-JJ Amaworo Wilson, author of Nazar?

In a time when many women across the world may be fearful of losing their rights and voices, Julie L. Brown provides audiences with a book as a reminder to them to never surrender.-Reader Views

Her destiny was certain-until she changed history.

In the Queendom of Kana, women rule with strength, wisdom, and unwavering independence. For Princess Chibuike Chi, her future has always been clear: serve her people, protect her homeland, and one day ascend to the throne.

But when she is a child, Chi encounters a stranger unlike any she has ever seen-a pale man whose presence signals a shift she cannot yet understand.

Ten dry seasons later, as a warrior in Kana's army and heir to the throne, Chi faces a growing threat. Villagers vanish without warning. Ruling families disappear. And one of her closest friends is taken.

Refusing to stand by, Chi leads the women warriors on a daring journey across the ocean to Jamestown, Virginia-into a world where men have built an empire on the buying and selling of human lives.

What she finds will challenge everything she believes about power, freedom, and destiny.

Sweeping, immersive, and deeply thought-provoking, No One Will Save Us is an unforgettable work of alternative history that reimagines the past through the lens of an African queendom-and asks a powerful question:

What if those who were taken... fought back?

Perfect for readers of Things Fall Apart and fans of Black Panther, this novel explores the resilience it takes to claim freedom-and the courage required to change the course of history.

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Biographie:
J. L. Brown (also writing as Julie L. Brown) writes gripping political thrillers featuring FBI Agent Jade Harrington and powerful historical fiction exploring perseverance, freedom, and legacy.She is the award-winning author of the Jade Harrington series, which include the novels, The Paine Society, The Divide, Rule of Law, and Don't Speak, and the short story, Few Are Chosen. She is also the author of the historical fiction, Bend, Don't Break (IPPY Book Awards Gold Medal Winner for Historical Fiction, Winner of the Eric Hoffer Book Award for Historical Fiction, Shortlisted for the Eric Hoffer Book Award Grand Prize, Finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Award for African American fiction), the alternative-history novel, No One Will Save Us (Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist for Fantasy, National Indie Excellence Book Award Finalist for African American fiction). Her books have been praised by Kirkus Reviews, the Midwest Book Review, and the Seattle Book Review.She is a member of Black Women Write Seattle, Crime Writers of Color, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America-Northwest, Sisters in Crime-Puget Sound, and the Alliance of Independent Authors.Julie earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the Stonecoast program at the University of Southern Maine. She resides with her family in the Pacific Northwest, where she is working on her next novel....

Sommaire:
J. L. Brown (also writing as Julie L. Brown) writes gripping political thrillers featuring FBI Agent Jade Harrington and powerful historical fiction exploring perseverance, freedom, and legacy.She is the award-winning author of the Jade Harrington series, which include the novels, The Paine Society, The Divide, Rule of Law, and Don't Speak, and the short story, Few Are Chosen. She is also the author of the historical fiction, Bend, Don't Break (Winner of the Eric Hoffer Book Award for Historical Fiction, Shortlisted for the Eric Hoffer Book Award Grand Prize, Finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Award for African American fiction), the alternative-history novel, No One Will Save Us (Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist for Fantasy, National Indie Excellence Book Award Finalist for African American fiction). Her books have been praised by Kirkus Reviews, the Midwest Book Review, and the Seattle Book Review.She is a member of Black Women Write Seattle, Crime Writers of Color, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America-Northwest, Sisters in Crime-Puget Sound, and the Alliance of Independent Authors.Julie earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the Stonecoast program at the University of Southern Maine. She resides with her family in the Pacific Northwest, where she is working on her next novel....