Birdsong

Racial Identity in Colonial Virginia, 1619

On the edge of a new world, a free man's truth becomes the colony's most dangerous question.

After surviving a brutal Atlantic crossing, Njila Mwana a Hosi-once a feared warrior of West Central Africa-lands in Jamestown, a settlement where fear rules and race is beginning to calcify into law. Through grit and loyalty, he earns his freedom from an English settler and wins the heart of Beth Archer, a woman bold enough to love him in a world determined to forbid it.

Then Beth is found poisoned.

The colony turns on Njila instantly. A forged note, a tainted wine cup, and a Governor's court hungry for a quick conviction threaten to end his life before the truth can surface. To survive, Njila must outwit a system designed to erase him-leaning on a scarred English apprentice, a Nottoway maiden, and the last remnants of his warrior's instinct.

From the battlefields of African kingdoms to the fire and smoke of the 1622 Powhatan uprising, Birdsong delivers a relentless, 30,000‑word historical thriller about forbidden love, betrayal, and the birth of racial destiny in America.

Perfect for fans of high‑stakes early American epics and propulsive historical mysteries.