
A Pelican of the Wilderness
by Jacqueline U. Agweh
Prose
Published: 2014
Pages: 270
ISBN: 978-978-52057-9-4
Description
At the turn of the century in Nigeria's Niger Delta, gangs and secret cults in the guise of militants hijack the struggle for equity in the exploitation of the country's oil wealth. Tonpre, the suave privileged son of a judge finds himself inexorably drawn into clutches of such a gang. In the beginning, he relishes his new role/ blind to lingering questions on the morality of the deeds of his cult brothers. Tragedy will force him to query his and their motives, and pull all concerned into a deadly grip of intrigue, murder and heartbreak.