The Conquest

Nine years ago, a stranger handed Oscar Devereaux a poem called “Opportunity.” Now, with the wind making him ache for home, Oscar wonders whether those bold promises really led him here.

In the years after the Civil War, Black families in Southern Illinois work hard to build farms and futures, while younger people drift toward town and the promise of something more. At twenty-nine, Oscar has been called lazy, yet he has a sharp eye for a customer and a restless mind that will not settle for the life laid out before him. The West may offer land and a fresh start—but can a man outrun the limits others place on him?

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