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Follow the lineage of two estranged half-sisters in Ghana, whose lives diverge dramatically amidst the horrors of the slave trade. Each chapter traces the journey of a descendant, spanning centuries and continents, as they grapple with the enduring legacy of their ancestors' choices and the brutal realities of history. This powerful novel explores the impact of the past on the present through a sweeping family saga.
A Fante woman married off to James Collins, the British governor of Cape Coast Castle, becoming the first of the novel's descendants raised in comfort in Ghana.
Maame's other daughter, captured in a raid on her Asante village and held in the dungeons of Cape Coast Castle before being sold into slavery in America.
Effia and James Collins's son, raised between the castle's British and Fante worlds and drawn into his father's trade on the Gold Coast.
Quey's son, who walks away from an arranged marriage and a life of privilege to farm alongside the woman he actually loves, earning the nickname Unlucky.
James's daughter, cast out of her village after her lover breaks his promise of marriage, and left to find her own way forward.