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Everfair

by Nisi Shawl
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From acclaimed short fiction writer Nisi Shawl comes a brilliant alternate history set in the Congo, where heroes strive for a Utopia and endeavor to live together despite their differences.
Now with a foreward from award-winning author Cadwell Turnbull.
In this re-imagining of Belgium's disastrous colonization of the Congo, African American missionaries join forces with British socialists to purchase land from the Congo Free State's "owner," King Leopold II. This land, which they name Everfair, is set aside as a safe haven for native populations of the Congo as well as settlers from around the world, including dream-eyed Europeans attempting to create a better society, formerly enslaved people returning from America, and Chinese railroad builders escaping hard labor. Using the combined knowledge of four continents, Everfair becomes a land of spying cats and gulls, nuclear dirigibles buoyed by barkcloth balloons, and silent pistols that shoot poison knives.
With this technology, Everfair will attempt to defeat the Belgian tyrant Leopold II. But even if they can defeat their great enemy, a looming world war and political infighting may threaten to destroy everything they have built.
"A book with gorgeous sweep, spanning years and continents, loves and hates, histories and fantasies... Everfair is sometimes sad, often luminous, and always original. A wonderful achievement." — Karen Joy Fowler
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Series: Everfair Publisher: Tor Publishing Group

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  • Release date: September 6, 2016

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  • ISBN: 9781466837843
  • File size: 1614 KB
  • Release date: September 6, 2016

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  • ISBN: 9781466837843
  • File size: 6682 KB
  • Release date: September 6, 2016

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  • ISBN: 9781466837843
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From acclaimed short fiction writer Nisi Shawl comes a brilliant alternate history set in the Congo, where heroes strive for a Utopia and endeavor to live together despite their differences.
Now with a foreward from award-winning author Cadwell Turnbull.
In this re-imagining of Belgium's disastrous colonization of the Congo, African American missionaries join forces with British socialists to purchase land from the Congo Free State's "owner," King Leopold II. This land, which they name Everfair, is set aside as a safe haven for native populations of the Congo as well as settlers from around the world, including dream-eyed Europeans attempting to create a better society, formerly enslaved people returning from America, and Chinese railroad builders escaping hard labor. Using the combined knowledge of four continents, Everfair becomes a land of spying cats and gulls, nuclear dirigibles buoyed by barkcloth balloons, and silent pistols that shoot poison knives.
With this technology, Everfair will attempt to defeat the Belgian tyrant Leopold II. But even if they can defeat their great enemy, a looming world war and political infighting may threaten to destroy everything they have built.
"A book with gorgeous sweep, spanning years and continents, loves and hates, histories and fantasies... Everfair is sometimes sad, often luminous, and always original. A wonderful achievement." — Karen Joy Fowler
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Fiction African American Fiction Science Fiction Historical Fiction
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    Publisher:
    Tor Publishing Group

    Kindle Book
    Release date: September 6, 2016

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781466837843
    File size: 1614 KB
    Release date: September 6, 2016

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781466837843
    File size: 6682 KB
    Release date: September 6, 2016

    Open EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781466837843
    File size: 1610 KB
    Release date: September 6, 2016

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