Steven Barnes delivers the explosive follow-up to his groundbreaking alternate history novel Lion's Blood in Zulu Heart, a tale of racial unrest in a reimagined America circa 1860. Set in the late 1800s in an alternate universe in which Africa colonized the Americas, Zulu Heart continues the stories of two men from very different backgrounds. Kai is a politically important Ethiopian nobleman; Aidan, a white Irishman who was until recently Kai's slave. But just as the promise of freedom has separated these two men's fates, racial discourse is about to reunite them. A rebellion is building toward civil war. Loyalties are being drawn along the lines of homelands, namely Egypt and Ethiopia, and causing the New World to be torn into a North and a South—with Kai and Aidan caught in the crossfire.

Streetfighter, fugitive, hero ... Aubry Knight is now a powerful man with powerful friends. And someone wants to kill him.

Their opening shot is the death of one of Aubry's dearest friends. Their next attack is on Aubry's child. Knight is drawn inexorably toward New Africa, toward the mysteries of his own past, and toward a future that may take him far from Los Angeles and the only life he's ever known.

To win this battle, and save his family, Aubry Knight must defeat himself.

It began well - an experiment in techniques to teach high-risk children - poor, minority, children - the life-strategies that will allow them to succeed in life. And not just succeed, but overcome the odds and become wildly successful. They chose as their model a man who had done it all - Alexander Marcus; a black man who raised himself up from poverty to become one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in America.

The imprinting is effective. The children are focused, driven. They are inventive, intelligent, and love learning. But there is a mysterious darkness to them - a ruthlessness that is surprising.

Renny Sand first met the children as a journalist covering the sensational trial of a preschool operator. There were terrible charges of sex abuse, but the thing that stayed with Renny was the strange poise and power of a group of eight year old children. That, and the face of the mother of one of them, Vivian Emory.

Now the children are...]]> Mon, 15 Jul 2002 15:31:13 +0300 https://library.land/steven-barnes/444269-the_cestus_deception_star_wars_clone_wars_a_clone_wars_novel.html https://library.land/steven-barnes/444269-the_cestus_deception_star_wars_clone_wars_a_clone_wars_novel.html
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It began on Freak Day--that day no one could explain, when strangers and family members alike went crazy and started biting one another. Some thought the outbreak was caused by a flu shot, others that it was a diet drug gone terribly wrong. All anyone knew is that once you were bitten and went to sleep, you woke up a freak.]]> Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:10:24 +0200 https://library.land/steven-barnes/199835-gorgon_child.html https://library.land/steven-barnes/199835-gorgon_child.html
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The exciting prequel to Gorgon Child and Firedance. Here is the story of how Aubry Knight became a hero. Aubry was a zero-gravity martial artist who belonged to the crime syndicate that runs future Los Angeles. When his bosses set him up for the murder of a woman he loves, Aubry fights back . . . and finds a new reason for living.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 22:46:29 +0300 https://library.land/steven-barnes/444386-star_warsr_the_cestus_deception.html https://library.land/steven-barnes/444386-star_warsr_the_cestus_deception.html
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