Category: Fiction / Novels
Year of Publication: 2026
309 pages
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In the heat of Lagos, three lives collide under the shadow of a blood-stained past. Terry, a hardened ex-soldier with deep-seated prejudices, and Robert, a Black Briton searching for his lost Igbo roots, arrive as expatriates in a city of vibrant mayhem. Amidst the late-night bars and bustling markets, they meet Isioma (Robert's cousin), a woman whose modern life is anchored by ancient family ties.
But a dark inheritance binds Terry and Isioma: a curse born from the 1949 Iva Valley Massacre, flung by a grieving matriarch at the British officer who ended her son’s life. As a forbidden romance blossoms between them, the ghost of colonial violence resurfaces. When a mysterious illness strikes, the past and present converge in a shocking revelation. Is Terry’s fate tied to the blood spilled decades ago? In this tale of identity, war, and vengeance, Isioma must discover if the cycle of retribution can ever truly be broken.