"Cond?'s story is rich and colorful and glorious. It sprawls over continents and centuries to find its way into the reader's heart." --Maya Angelou "A wondrous novel" (The New York Times) by the winner of the 2018 New Academy Prize (The Alternative Nobel prize in literature) and author of The Gospel According to the New World The year is 1797, and the kingdom of Segu is flourishing, fed by the wealth of its noblemen...