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  • Location: Chicago, Bristol, Lagos, Edinburgh

Esperance

1800s, 2000s: A speculative thriller about the scars left by the Atlantic slave-trade.

  • Location: Alexandria, Egypt, Rome

Cleopatra

51 to 30 BC: A retelling of the story of the legendary Egyptian queen…

  • Location: Lagos

The Lagos Wife

2000s: This is the same book as The Nigerwife

  • Location: Madagascar

The Pirate’s Son

1717: Nathan Gull and his sister Maud are offered sanctuary in Madagascar by the son of a pirate.

  • Location: Tunisia, Tunis

A Calamity of Noble Houses

1930s – 1940s A country in turmoil, members of two important upper-class families of Tunis intertwine.

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The Hiding Season

2026: You go to the mountains to escape, right? WRONG

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