Description
| Product ID: | 9781800182219 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Yeseni and the Daughter of Peace |
| Subtitle: | Unbound Firsts 2023 Title |
| Authors: | Author: Solange Burrell |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | Historical adventure fiction, Historical adventure, Science fiction, Science fiction |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 'Powerful' Irenosen Okojie, author of Butterfly FishThe year is 1748. Elewa, known as ‘the Daughter of Peace’, bears a heavy responsibility on her young shoulders: to maintain the fragile truce between the warring peoples of her West African kingdom. But as she begins to understand her role in the peace negotiations, even greater pressures emerge. Elewa discovers that she has Yeseni, a powerful gift that allows her to see events from any point in time, and to travel into the past and future. When she experiences horrific visions of life aboard a slave ship, she realises she has to face the ultimate crossroads. She could use her gift to intervene in the past and try to prevent the transatlantic slave trade ever taking place. But that means she, as the Daughter of Peace, would be leaving her village behind at a precarious moment in the reconciliation process. Whichever path she chooses to take, the future of her people lies on her shoulders. A powerful debut that combines historical fiction with fantasy and explores themes of slavery and empire. The year is 1748. Elewa, known as ‘the Daughter of Peace’, bears a heavy responsibility on her young shoulders: to maintain the fragile truce between the warring peoples of her West African kingdom. But as she begins to understand her role in the peace negotiations, even greater pressures emerge. Elewa discovers that she has Yeseni, a powerful gift that allows her to see events from any point in time, and to travel into the past and future. When she experiences horrific visions of life aboard a slave ship, she realises she has to face the ultimate crossroads. She could use her gift to intervene in the past and try to prevent the transatlantic slave trade ever taking place. But that means she, as the Daughter of Peace, would be leaving her village behind at a precarious moment in the reconciliation process. Whichever path she chooses to take, the future of her people lies on her shoulders. |
| Imprint Name: | Unbound |
| Publisher Name: | Unbound |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-11-30 |
