New York Times bestselling Author , Steven Barnes has published twenty-three novels and over three million words of science fiction and fantasy . He has been nominated for Hugo , Nebula , and Cable Ace awards . His television work includes Twilight Zone , Stargate and Andromeda ; his “ A Stitch In Time ” episode of The Outer Limits won the Emmy Award ; and his alternate history novel Lion ’ s Blood ( a tale of Islamic Africans colonizing the Americas prior to Europe ) won the 2003 Endeavor . Great Sky Woman and Shadow Valley , adventures set 30,000 years ago in East Africa , were published by Ballentine / One World Books . He lives in Atlanta with his wife , Tananarive Due , and son Jason . w w w . l i f e w r i t e . c o m
In this alternate world where the center of culture and power shifted to Africa , white slaves work for black masters . Set in the mid nineteenth century in a primarily Islamic America , Lion ’ s Blood tells of a bond between Kai , son of a powerful leader and plantation owner , and Aidan , brought from the British Isles by slave traders to work on the planation . As both grow to manhood , conflicts arise , and both are caught up in a war with invading Aztecs to the South . Kai ’ s conflicted feelings and Aidan ’ s longing for freedom are part of the broad canvas in this fascinating story of an alternate America .
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New York Times bestselling Author , Steven Barnes has published twenty-three novels and over three million words of science fiction and fantasy . He has been nominated for Hugo , Nebula , and Cable Ace awards . His television work includes Twilight Zone , Stargate and Andromeda ; his “ A Stitch In Time ” episode of The Outer Limits won the Emmy Award ; and his alternate history novel Lion ’ s Blood ( a tale of Islamic Africans colonizing the Americas prior to Europe ) won the 2003 Endeavor . Great Sky Woman and Shadow Valley , adventures set 30,000 years ago in East Africa , were published by Ballentine / One World Books . He lives in Atlanta with his wife , Tananarive Due , and son Jason . w w w . l i f e w r i t e . c o m