Black Convicts but never recovers from the

but never recovers from the guilt

they must forge bonds stronger than the blood they don't share

a remote border town between northern and southern Sudan

Lyriq faces a harrowing question: can she solve the mystery without losing everything she holds dear

this time about hope and freedom

Black Convicts but never recovers from theShortlisted for the 2025 Queensland Literary Awards, The University of Queensland Non Fiction Book Award Shortlisted for the 2025 Stella Prize Readings Best Books of 2024, Non Fiction The story of Australia's Black convicts has been all but erased from our history. On the First Fleet of 1788, at least 15 convicts were of African descent. By 1840 the number had risen to almost 500. But although some of these lives were documented and their likenesses