<b>**PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST**<br />**NOMINATED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE**<br />**WINNER OF THE AMERICAN BOOK AWARD**<br /><br />A <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book<br />A <i>Wall Street Journal</i> Top 10 Book of the Year<br />An NPR Great Read of 2014<br />A <i>Kirkus </i>Best Fiction Book of the Year<br /><br /></b> In these pages, Laila Lalami brings us the imagined memoirs of the first black explorer of America: Mustafa al-Zamori, called Estebanico. The slave of a Spanish conquistador, Estebanico sails for the Americas with his master, Dorantes, as part of a danger-laden expedition to Florida. Within a year, Estebanico is one of only four crew members to survive. <br /><br />As he journeys across America with his Spanish companions, the Old World roles of slave and master fall away, and Estebanico remakes himself as an equal, a healer, and a remarkable storyteller. His tale illuminates the ways in which our narratives can transmigrate into history—and how storytelling can offer a chance at redemption and survival.