She Would Be KingIn the West African village of Lai, red haired Gbessa is cursed at birth and exiled on suspicion of being a witch. Bitten by a viper and left for dead, she nevertheless survives to discover new life with a group of African American settlers in the colony of Monrovia. There Gbessa meets two extraordinary others: June Dey a man of unusual strength, and Norman Aragon, who can fade from sight at will. Soon all three realise that they are all cursed or,