August 22, 2026
I'm Looking for 50 People to Read My Book Before Anyone Else Does By Lukonge Achilles Musaasizi

I've been sitting on this story for a long time.
The Dream From Dust: A Memoir of Triumph Against All Odds is the truest thing I've ever written — the story of growing up the ninth of twelve children in a small Ugandan village, of a father whose drinking nearly cost our family everything and whose slow redemption cost me even more to write about honestly, of my mother's own harrowing survival of a civil war, and of everything it took to turn all of that dust into something I could finally call a life. It releases February 6, 2027, and it's available for pre-order right now on Amazon.
But before it reaches the world, I want it to reach you first.

I'm putting together an ARC team — a small group of readers who will receive an advance digital copy of The Dream From Dust ahead of release, in exchange for nothing more than an honest review around launch day. Not a glowing one. Not a five-star one. Just an honest one. If something in this book doesn't land for you, I want to know that too.

Here's what's in it for you: you'll read the book weeks before anyone else can buy it, you'll have a direct hand in how it's received when it finally launches, and fifteen selected readers will also receive a special ARC box — because a book like this one, built entirely out of dust and stubbornness, deserves to be celebrated a little.

If you're someone who loves memoirs that don't flinch — books like Educated, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, or Born a Crime — I think this one will sit close to your heart. And if you've ever needed proof that where a life begins is never where it has to end, I wrote this book, in large part, for you.

Applications are open now, and spots are limited.
Apply here:  GOOGLE FORM

Thank you for considering walking through this story with me before anyone else gets to. It means more than I can easily put into words — which, for a writer, is really saying something.