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The first work of speculative fiction by British Jamaican novelist and poet Roy (Hotel Alleluia) portrays resilience and outrage in the face of perceived powerlessness, set in the former United States, generations after the Sequel (a second Civil War). The country has been divided into three regions; the southern portion, the Homestead Territories, relies on the labor of enslaved Black people. The population having been decimated by natural disaster, religious zealotry, and genetic mutation, the Homestead Territories has instituted a repopulation scheme intended to create a subjugated class of strong ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More