No One Will Save Us, Julie L. Brown
No One Will Save Us, Julie L. Brown
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No One Will Save Us
A Novel

Author: Julie L. Brown

Narrator: A’rese Emokpae

Unabridged: 10 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: JAB Press

Published: 11/07/2024


Synopsis

“Imagine a cross between Chinua Achebe’s masterpiece ‘Things Fall Apart’ and the first Black Panther movie - that’s how good this novel is.”— JJ Amaworo Wilson, author of Nazaré“In a time when many women across the world may be fearful of losing their rights and voices, Julie L. Brown provides audiences with a book as a reminder to them to never surrender.”— Reader Views“…action-packed, historically accurate, and engaging…”— Kirkus ReviewsHer destiny was certain. Until it wasn’t.Exploring her beloved forest, young Princess Chibuike “Chi” encounters a man unlike any she has seen. His skin is as pale as the moon that watches over the Queendom of Kana, a land where women rule fiercely and freely.Ten dry seasons later, in 1619, Chi, now a seasoned warrior in the Kanaian army, and preparing for her own future as queen, faces a mystery that threatens the existence of Kana. The once-peaceful queendom is upended when nearby villagers disappear en masse, including their ruling families—and one of Chi’s closest friends. Chi vows to find her missing landspeople and bring them home, no matter where they are. She and the women warriors travel across the ocean to Jamestown, Virginia to face down the pale men who have built a trade in human beings.To change the course of history for her people and herself requires Chi to discover a new kind of bravery and her true destiny.Julie L. Brown’s No One Will Save Us is a sweeping novel of alternative history that explores what it means to be free and the resilience it takes to keep it.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Debbie on August 12, 2024

This was a fun read. I never read any of Julie L. Brown books before. And hopefully, it won't be the last .......more

Goodreads review by J. Z. on January 06, 2025

In 1619, Princess Chibuike leads a band of female warriors from the fictional West African queendom of Kana across the Atlantic Ocean on a commandeered Portuguese slaving ship. The warriors land in the British colony of Virginia, free the enslaved people in Jamestown, and ally with the Powhatan trib......more

Goodreads review by Shradha on December 29, 2024

If I had to describe this book in one word, it would be ambitious. Perhaps too ambitious. The premise is admirable. What if the West African kingdoms had worked to actively stop the slave trade before the colonies had actively found their footing? In this situation, "no one will save us" but ourselve......more

Goodreads review by Sav on January 25, 2025

This book set out with an incredibly ambitious goal: imagining an alternate history where West African kingdoms united to resist the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The concept alone is powerful and promises a story filled with resilience, strategy, and cultural pride. Unfortunately, the execution didn’......more