Begin The World Over: 5 (Emergent Strategy) - Softcover

Sun, Kung Li

 
9781849354721: Begin The World Over: 5 (Emergent Strategy)

Synopsis

In 1793, as revolutionaries in the West Indies take up arms, James Hemings has little interest in joining the fight for liberte - talented and favoored, he is careful to protect his relative comforts as Thomas Jefferson''s enslaved chef. But when he meets Denmark Vesey, James is immediately smitten. The formidable first mate persuades James to board his ship, on its way to the revolt in Saint-Domingue. There and on the mainland they join forces with a diverse cast of characters, including a gender nonconforming prophetess, a formerly enslaved jockey, and a Muskogee horse trader. The resulting adventure masterfully mixes real historical figures and events with a riotous retelling of a possible history in which James must decide whether to return to his constrained but composed former life, or join the coalition of Black revolutionaries and Muskogee resistance to fight the American slavers and settlers.

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About the Author

Kung Li Sun is a lifelong southerner raised in an immigrant family and currently based on the Gulf Coast. As a public interest attorney, she brought class-action lawsuits on behalf of people in prisons and jails. He left lawyering to support undocumented and abolitionist organizers as a strategist and trainer, and to write. This is their first novel.

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