Zulu Heart Book

Zulu Heart returns to the 19th century of Steven Barnes's justly acclaimed Lion's Blood, a brilliant alternative history in which black Africans have colonised the New World with white Europeans as their slaves. As Zulu Heart opens, New World nobleman Kai ibn Jallaleddin is a senator of New Djibouti, an envied plantation owner and a loving family man. His ex-slave and friend, the Irishman Aidan O'Dere, is on the Ouachita frontier, helping other ex-slaves build a settlement for themselves. But ex-slaves are always at risk and an angry mob threatens Aidan, his family, and his entire village with slaughter or re-enslavement. Meanwhile, Kai is entangled in intrigues among not only his fellow senators, but the lords of Egypt and Abyssinia, who have sinister plans for the New World colonies. Pharaoh takes Kai's sister hostage to manipulate Kai, even as Aidan discovers his twin sister, lost since childhood, is the property of a powerful foe of New Djibouti. There's a slight possibility that Aidan can rescue his beloved sister and help Kai thwart his enemies, but to attempt these near-impossible feats Aidan will have to go undercover--a slave once more. --Cynthia Ward, Amazon.comRead More