June Dey’s narrative follows his brutal escape from the clutches of American slavery. His confrontation with an overseer awakens his supernatural strength—not merely physical but …

Oct 31, 2018 · She Would Be King, Wayétu Moore’s debut novel published by Graywolf Press, tells the stories of three main characters: Gbessa, a wild and passionate suspected witch; …

Sep 11, 2018 · June Dey, a runaway slave from a Virginia plantation, who fought his way out by flinging off attackers, dogs and bullets alike with supernatural strength, then boarded a ship he …

Sep 11, 2018 · When a Virginia slave named Charlotte dies while trying to protect a fellow slave, her death sets in motion a series of supernatural events that changes the tiny West African …

Sep 11, 2018 · June Dey, raised on a plantation in Virginia, hides his unusual strength until a confrontation with the overseer forces him to flee. Norman Aragon, the child of a white British …

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June Dey stands against the master and others from the Emerson plantation in Virginia after his mother is killed, his body withstanding fusillades of rifle fire. But he is not dead; he is just born. …

June Dey and Norman consider going after her, but realize they have a mission to save other Africans and their villages from attack. In Book Two, “She Would Be King,” the narrative …

Apr 24, 2019 · She Would Be King (Graywolf Press, 2018) kicks wakes of dust, blood, and rumbling waves with three pairs of feet. There is Gbessa, Vai witch and daughter of the full …

Sep 3, 2020 · Gbessa, exiled from the West African village of Lai, is starved, bitten by a viper, and left for dead, but still she survives. June Dey, raised on a plantation in Virginia, hides his …