![]() “Island Beneath the Sea” follows these characters and a host of others as the slave rebellion reaches fever pitch and most are eventually forced to flee. Relais becomes the love of Boisier’s life as Valmorain slowly tires of her, thus avoiding a confrontation, but their fates remain intertwined throughout the book. Etienne Relais, a master of hunting runaway slaves and crushing the simmering rebellions that will eventually engulf the island. Through Boisier, Valmorain is linked to Capt. ![]() ![]() What comfort the island affords him comes in the arms of Violette Boisier, the mixed-race courtesan rumored to have mastered her art by keeping a dove’s egg tucked “in her secret place,” never letting it drop, whether shopping or attending cockfights. But when Valmorain’s father dies of syphilis, he proves surprisingly tough, donning muddy boots and a sunburn to transform the plantation into one of the colony’s most successful. ![]()
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