Before the Chains: A Story of Strength & Legacy

By September Faison

They told you the story started with chains.

It didn't.

Before Zola was taken - before the ships, before the fields, before her name was stolen - she was loved. She was taught. She was crowned.

Before the Chains: A Story of Strength & Legacy takes readers on a journey through the life of one young girl whose people built kingdoms, wove cloth that carried meaning, and named the stars long before anyone tried to take those things away.

This is the story Black and Brown children deserve to see themselves in - not as survivors of history, but as descendants of greatness.

Told with power and tenderness, Before the Chains moves through three crowns: the world Zola knew, the world that was taken from her, and the legacy she refused to let die. Because some things cannot be chained. Not memory. Not identity. Not love.

For every child who has ever needed to know where they come from.
For every adult who has been waiting to tell them.

The story doesn't begin with suffering.
It begins with a crown.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H6WMWXR2
• ISBN13: 9798184503677
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.2" x 8.5"