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    In an alternate steamfunk Haiti, at the height of General Toussaint's revolution, two lovers separated by class and a young woman whose love is forbidden, are thrust into war, sorcery and a quest for liberation on their own terms. . .

    On the island of Saint-Domingue, in the dead of night, thousands of slaves crept silently along the path through the trees and wiry brush to Bois Caïman. In the clearing the Houngan Dutty Boukman, a huge, self-educated slave with a fierce countenance, and Mambo Cecile Fatiman, a mulatto slave woman, waited to led them in ceremony.

    They petitioned the Loa for protection, for deliverance from slavery’s lash—calling upon the darkest spirits. . .

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherValjeanne Jeffers
    Release dateAug 9, 2013
    ISBN9781301466009
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    Valjeanne Jeffers

    Valjeanne Jeffers is a Spelman College graduate, a member of the Carolina African American Writers’ Collective and the Horror Writers Association, and the author of nine books, including her Immortal and Mona Livelong: Paranormal Detective series. She was been published in numerous anthologies including: Steamfunk!;The Ringing Ear; Griots: A Sword and Soul Anthology; Liberated Muse I: How I Freed My Soul; Say it Loud; Drumvoices Revue; Possibilities and, most recently, Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia Butler (winner of the Locus Award and nominated for Hugo Award); Fitting In; Sycorax’s Daughters (nominated for the Bram Stoker Award) and Black Magic Women. Visit her at: www.vjeffersandqveal.com

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      Outcasts - Valjeanne Jeffers

      OUTCASTS

      A Steamfunk tale

      by Valjeanne Jeffers

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright Valjeanne Jeffers 2013,

      all rights reserved

      Other titles by Valjeanne Jeffers

      Immortal

      Immortal II: The Time of Legend

      Immortal III: Stealer of Souls

      Immortal IV: Collision of Worlds

      The Switch II: Clockwork (includes Books I and II)

      Grandmere's Secret

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      Colony: A Space Opera

      Coming soon: Mona Livelong Paranormal Detective

      Colony: Ascension

      On the island of Saint-Domingue, in the dead of night, thousands of slaves crept silently along the path through the trees and wiry brush to Bois Caïman. In the clearing the Houngan Dutty Boukman, a huge, self-educated slave with a fierce countenance, and Mambo Cecile Fatiman, a mulatto slave woman, waited to led them in ceremony. They petitioned the Loa for protection, for deliverance from slavery’s lash—calling upon the darkest spirits of their Ancestors to help them in their battle.

      They prayed for freedom.

      Bon Dje nou an ki si bon, ki si jis, li ordone vanjans! Dutty shouted. Se li kap kondui branou pou nou ranpote la viktwa! Se li kap ba nou asistans. . .! Koute vwa la libète kap chante lan kè nou!

      Our God, who is so good, so just, He orders us to revenge our wrongs! It’s He who will direct our arms and bring us the victory! It’s He who will assist us. . .! Listen to the voice for liberty that sings in all our hearts!

      There was

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