The Death Stick
by Etima Okon Usanga
Drama
Published: 2022
Pages: 152
ISBN: 978-978-965-654-7
Description
Hope, a fatherless and an only child of Philomena gets himself entangled in a web woven by his acquaintances. His resolve to pitch tent with his friends in spite of knowing the grave consequences of puffing becomes his greatest undoing. Will Hope eventually overcome the intrigues by his best friends to live out his dreams? Can Hope's mother free her only hope from what killed her husband? Will the quest for a healthy nation become a mirage? Indeed, will the malefactor escape the long arm of the Law? The Death Stick therefore encapsulates Hope's lofty aspirations, pressures and challenges as well as the behavioral patterns of teens in a fast decaying cosmopolitan society.