So. A chapter from #Maroon Societies, from the perspective of an enslaver gun-for-hire who went after a Maroon group in Surinam, totally blew my effing mind. It has so many layers--class and race issues, a suspenseful military narrative, a "plot twist" from our brilliant antagonist-heroes the Maroons, all told by an unreliable villain narrator who is obviously racist and evil but can't help but admire his enemies despite his entrenched racism.
It's like the best short story I have read ever, and make no mistake about it: The direct teller might be the enslaver merc but the narrative was created from beginning to end by the resourcefulness and resilience of the Maroons, the actual heroes of the narrative. I hope my excerpts do justice to their exploits and that you'll enjoy it as much as I did.
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