

Lawrence Hill spellbound readers with Someone Knows My Name (made into the television mini-series, The Book of Negroes ), hailed as "transporting" ( Entertainment Weekly ) and "completely engrossing" ( Washington Post ). The Illegal is the gripping story of Keita Ali, a refugee--like...


Keita Ali is an elite runner living in Zantoroland, a poor, fictional island that is erupting in political violence. When his father, a journalist, is murdered, Keita escapes to the wealthy nation of Freedom State--an imagined country much like our own. A stateless refugee without...





