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With the sperm too weak to sire a child. The long-awaited Kolade was born. Being the only son in a family of sixteen and lacking the knowledge that Owonikoko wasn't his biological father, he refused to be properly schooled and failed to learn a trade. While lazily and impatiently waiting for what he thought was his rightful inheritance, he raped a spirit being that had transformed into human to grace the Aragberi annual Egungun festival. Conquered of her most private chamber, the spirit being placed generational curses on him. Dying after suffering various degrees of misfortune, his son, Destiny, continued from where his suffering stopped until he impregnated Ajoke, the daughter of Asake: a woman with esoteric powers. Destiny's mother-in-law would later trade her life for the birth of Boluwatife; a child she thought would break the spell. Would the spell be broken? Find out in this revealing novel with a theme that critically explores naked sufferings, societal ills, religion, tradition, culture and politics in Nigeria.