She Would Be King

<p><p><b>Way&#233;tu Moore is an inspiration . . . her book is a gift Imbolo Mbue</p><br><br><br><p> The book is unforgettable . . . irresistibly evocative and fierce. <i><i>She Would Be King</i></i> is a masterfully wrought alternate history of magical black resistance <i><i>Star Tribune</i></p></i><br><br><br><p>This novel dazzles with beauty and transcendent transformative humanity Sarah Jessica Parker</b></p><br><br><br><p>In the west African village of Lai red-haired Gbessa is cursed at birth and exiled on suspicion of being a witch. Bitten by a viper and left for dead she survives to discover a new life with a group of African American settlers in the colony of Monrovia.</p><br><br><br><p>Then Gbessa meets two extraordinary others; June Dey - a man of unusual strength born into slavery on a plantation in Virginia - and Norman Aragon the child of a white British coloniser and a Maroon slave from the Blue Mountains of Jamaica who can fade from sight at will.</p><br><br><br><p>Soon all three realise that they are cursed - or perhaps uniquely gifted. Together they protect the weak and vulnerable but only Gbessa can salvage the tense relationship between the settlers and the indigenous tribes.</p>><br><br><br><p>In her transcendent debut Way&#233;tu Moore illuminates the tumultuous roots of Liberia blending history and magical realism in a profound tale of resistance and humanity.</p></p>