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A Name to Ashes by Jaymee Goh

Fantasy Historical ghosts historical racism coolie trade Cuba Cuba Commission Report Cantonese sugar plantations

“If you use the bones of men, the sugar will be a purer white.”

Lim Jia is the youngest clerk on an expedition to Cuba to investigate the indentured laborer trade. But he has a secret motive: to discover the fate of his long-missing older brother... which might require speaking with a ghost or two.

Jaymee Goh is a Clarion graduate with a PhD in comparative literature, and has contributed to Tor.com, Racialicious.com, Beyond Victoriana, and more. She lives in Berkeley, California, where she also works as an editor at Tachyon Publications.

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