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
"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
"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 Nazaré
Her destiny was certain. Until it wasn't.
Exploring her beloved forest, young Princess Chibuike "Chi" encounters a man unlike any she has seen. His skin is as pale as the moon that watches over the Queendom of Kana, a land where women rule fiercely and freely. But outside the comforting embrace of her homeland, a disturbing change blows with the wind.
Ten dry seasons later, in 1619, Chi, now a seasoned warrior in the Kanaian army, and preparing for her own future as queen, faces a mystery that threatens the existence of Kana. The once-peaceful queendom is upended when nearby villagers disappear en masse, including their ruling families-and one of Chi's closest friends. Chi vows to find her missing landspeople and bring them home, no matter where they are. She and the women warriors travel across the ocean to Jamestown, Virginia to face down the pale men who have built a trade in human beings. To free their people, the warriors withstand perils at sea, the dangers of an unknown climate and unfamiliar societies, and the insatiable greed that drives the pale men.
While she creates unforeseen alliances in distant lands, Chi also faces betrayals at home. Returning to Kana does not bring an end to her battles. To change the course of history for her people and herself requires Chi to discover a new kind of bravery and her true destiny. Julie L. Brown's No One Will Save Us is a sweeping novel of alternative history that explores what it means to be free and the resilience it takes to keep it.
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Maße
Höhe: 203 mm
Breite: 133 mm
Dicke: 21 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-7354750-3-5 (9781735475035)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Julie L. Brown is the author of the historical fiction, Bend, Don't Break (finalist for the Wishing Shelf Independent Book Award), the alternative-history novel, No One Will Save Us (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) and the creator, under the pen name J. L. Brown, of the Jade Harrington series, political thrillers which include the novels, Don't Speak, Rule of Law, and The Divide, and the short story, "Few Are Chosen."She is a member of Black Women Write Seattle, Crime Writers of Color, the Historical Novel Society, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, the Pacific Northwest Writers Association, 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. You can find her on linktr.ee/julielbrown
