No One Will Save Us: A sweeping alternative history of freedom, liberty, and destiny
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“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
“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
Her 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.
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About the author
J. L. Brown (also writing as Julie L. Brown) writes gripping political thrillers featuring FBI Agent Jade Harrington and powerful historical fiction exploring perseverance, freedom, and legacy.
She is the award-winning author of the Jade Harrington series, which include the novels, The Paine Society, The Divide, Rule of Law, and Don't Speak, and the short story, "Few Are Chosen." She is also the author of the historical fiction, Bend, Don't Break (IPPY Book Awards Gold Medal Winner for Historical Fiction, Winner of the Eric Hoffer Book Award for Historical Fiction, Shortlisted for the Eric Hoffer Book Award Grand Prize, Finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Award for African American fiction), the alternative-history novel, No One Will Save Us (Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist for Fantasy). Her books have been praised by Kirkus Reviews, the Midwest Book Review, and the Seattle Book Review.
She is a member of Black Women Write Seattle, Crime Writers of Color, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America-Northwest, Sisters in Crime-Puget Sound, and the Alliance of Independent Authors.
Julie earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the Stonecoast program at the University of Southern Maine. She resides with her family in the Pacific Northwest, where she is working on her next novel.
