About this book
When I wrote Leviticus 25: Jubilee, I was thinking about debt not only as money owed, but as a structure of power. The idea at the centre of the book is simple and dangerous: what happens if countries that have been trapped inside global financial systems stop asking for relief and simply declare themselves free? That question allowed me to explore debt as a modern form of captivity, and to ask who benefits when entire nations are kept paying forever.
The book grew from the Jubilee tradition, from the idea that debts can be forgiven, land can be returned, and communities damaged by inequality can be restored. But I did not want to write a policy paper. I wanted to imagine the human and political consequences of that idea when it moves from protest signs and moral language into actual government action. In the novel, Jubilee is not symbolic. It changes borders, markets, alliances, food systems, resource control, and the balance of global power.
What makes the book distinct is that it treats economics as a living force. The decisions made in boardrooms and summits are not abstract. They determine who eats, who works, who controls water and oil, who gets protected, and who gets sacrificed. The book follows that pressure through world leaders, activists, governments, and ordinary people caught inside systems they did not create but are expected to survive.
My hope is that readers come away questioning the inevitability of the systems around them. Debt, trade, scarcity, austerity, and extraction are often presented as natural facts, when they are really human choices defended by institutions. Leviticus 25: Jubilee is written for readers who are interested in politics, justice, economics, and the fragile machinery behind modern life — including educators, librarians, and curious readers looking for fiction that opens a conversation rather than closes one.
