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📖 New World Revolution: Songs of Sugar & Sorrow
A Historical Epic of Resistance, Identity, and Vengeance
Saint-Domingue teeters on the edge of insurrection. Beneath the sugarcane's brittle sweetness lies a land fermenting with rage, secrets, and the dreams of freedom.
Jean-Cielle, a maroon fugitive marked by trauma and prophecy, runs through forests and memory alike. Haunted by a spectral vision, pursued by beast-men and betrayal, he must confront the ghosts of his past to become the warrior he's fated to be.
Étienne de Villeneuve, the mulatto heir to a crumbling plantation, is torn between bloodlines-one French, one enslaved. As the world he was raised to inherit begins to decay, he must decide which legacy to claim: that of the oppressor, or the oppressed.
Charline, a white heiress, lives in gilded captivity, straining against the expectations of race, gender, and empire. Her growing disillusionment with the world she rules may lead her to rebellion-or ruin.
Julien Claude, enigmatic and watchful, walks the edge between loyalty and survival. His motives remain shadowed, but his presence in the unfolding revolution could tilt the balance toward salvation-or damnation.
In a world ablaze with revolt and revelation, these four lives collide on the path toward revolution. Some seek vengeance. Some seek redemption. All seek freedom.
Songs of Sugar & Sorrow is a sweeping historical novel about colonialism's ghosts, the myths that bind us, and the people who choose to break them.