Set against the landscape of nineteenth century America and England, this novel finds freed man Tennyson Bouguereau on a journey towards a new life.

‘I knew as I made my way home that there was no home. All the old things . were gone forever. ’

Against this landscape, Tennyson Bouguereau - freed man, devoted brother, nascent singer, conflicted soldier and wanted man - journeys to find meaning and belonging. From the safety of home in Tennessee with his sister Rosalee, he is offered the possibility of a new life in Nashville, until a trip to Victorian England changes everything.

The Newer World is a novel about what it is to survive, and what might be lost along the way.