From acclaimed short fiction writer Nisi Shawl comes a brilliant alternate history set in the Congo, where heroes strive for a Utopia & endeavor to live together despite their differences.Now with a foreward from award-winning author Cadwell Turnbull.In this re-imagining ofBelgium'sdisastrous colonization of theCongo,African Americanmissionaries join forces withBritishsocialists to purchase land from theCongo Free State's"owner,"King Leopold II. This land, which they nameEverfair, is set aside as a safe haven for native populations of theCongoas well as settlers from around the world, including dream-eyedEuropeansattempting to create a better society, formerly enslaved people returning fromAmerica, &Chineserailroad builders escaping hard labor. Using the combined knowledge of four continents,Everfairbecomes a land of spying cats & gulls, nuclear dirigibles buoyed by barkcloth balloons, & silent pistols that shoot poison knives.With this technology,Everfairwill attempt to defeat theBelgiantyrantLeopold II. But even if they can defeat their great enemy, a looming world war & political infighting may threaten to destroy everything they have built.“A book with gorgeous sweep, spanning years & continents, loves & hates, histories & fantasies...Everfairis sometimes sad, often luminous, & always original. A wonderful achievement.” —Karen Joy Fowler°°°Nisi Shawl(they/them) is a writer of science fiction & fantasy short stories & a journalist. They are the co-author (withCynthia Ward) ofWriting the Other: Bridging Cultural Differences for Successful Fiction. Their short stories have appeared inAsimov's,Strange Horizons, & numerous other magazines & anthologies.