About the Book: Grace Zulu, a tenacious new lawyer who escaped an arranged marriage to earn her law degree, takes on her first pro bono case defending 17‑year‑old queer dancer Wilbess “Bessy” Mulenga, accused of “offences against nature” in 1990s Zambia—a society harshly intolerant of queer identity. When Grace encounters a bruised Bessy during a jail visit and protests his treatment, she’s barred access and soon learns that he has vanished without a trace—likely the result of a politically motivated cover-up. Refusing to back down, she forms a coalition of unlikely allies to expose systemic corruption, societal prejudice, and endangerment of the vulnerable, fighting for Bessy’s justice and truth.
