Sister Mother Warrior (William Morrow), a new historical novel of the Haitian Revolution by Vanessa Riley, focuses on two indomitable women: Haiti’s first Empress, Marie-Claire Bonheur, and West Africa-born warrior of the rebellion, Gran Toya. Riley purposefully frames infamous historical events through feminist eyes. In so doing, she offers a recalibration of how history is perceived by the women who strongly influenced it, yet often appear less frequently in official archives as compared to their male counterparts.