Island Beneath the Sea (2010)

“Allende is a master storyteller at the peak of her powers.”

— *Los Angeles Times*

From the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the 19th century, the latest novel from *New York Times* bestselling author Isabel Allende ( *Inés of My Soul, The House of the Spirits, Portrait in Sepia* ) tells the story of a mulatta woman, a slave and concubine, determined to take control of her own destiny.