Why I Wrote Among Kings - Author Joey O'Connor

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Did you know in the past twenty-five years, over six million people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo? How did all of this get started? Read on to learn more about Among Kings... Leave a comment or question...I'd love to hear from you. Among Kings, a new historical fiction novel by Joey O'Connor, explores the amazing adventures of William Sheppard, the Congo's African American Livingstone, his beloved friend and white missionary partner, Samuel Lapsley and the courageous people who toppled King Leopold II of Belgium. Among Kings follows Sheppard and Lapsley deep into the heart of the dangerous, Belgian-controlled Congo. Traveling by steamship 1,000 miles up the Congo River, these two green missionaries battle lurking pythons, disease, cannibal tribes . . . and Leopold’s sinister army. Bonded by hardship, a deep interracial friendship emerges. In London, Europe and America, under the leadership of journalist Edmund Morel of the Congo Reform Association, a courageous host of men and women rise up to protest Leopold's atrocities in the Congo. Roger Casement, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, Mark Twain, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Conrad, Alice Seeley Harris, William Cadbury and thousands demand justice and freedom for the Congolese people. Can the son of a former American enslaved man free an African nation enslaved by an evil European king? Find out in Among Kings: The Amazing Adventures of the Congo's African American Livingstone and the Courageous People who Toppled King Leopold II Available in print and Kindle on Amazon https://amzn.to/3afvcox