Nick Lake says his research into Toussaint’s life was thorough although in the author notes Lake acknowledges simplifying the story by omitting mention of the Spanish-controlled side of Haiti and other complications. In Darkness is a vivid portrayal of a side of Haiti rarely seen by white people except in the most revealing documentaries. From Shorty’s point of view, UN military forces have imprisoned and murdered his people to reduce the number of murders. Shorty’s flashbacks tell a tale of extreme poverty and violent politics that destroyed his family.
Strangely some of these flashbacks aren’t from his life, instead they are from Toussaint L’Overture’s life: Toussaint liberated Haiti over three centuries earlier. Alone in the darkness, afraid corpses will become zombies or he will turn into a zombie, Shorty reminisces, reviewing his life through flashbacks. In Darkness by Nick Lake opens with Shorty, a teenage boy, trapped under rubble after an earthquake in Haiti.
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