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A Siege Of Owls: A Novel
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An Urgent And Unforgettable Work Of Magical Realism Following A Young Man Coming Of Age In Rural West Africa As He Bears Witness To The Violence, Upheaval, And Hope In A Rapidly Changing Societyin A DroughtStricken Igbo Village, Young Ekwe Grows Up Haunted By Owls, Myths, And The Boundaries Of A World Too Small To Contain His Restless Spirit. After Touching A Forbidden Leaf That His Father Warns Will Trap Him In Astral Planes, He Is Swept Into A Journey That Will Carry Him Across Nigeria, Through Savannas, Deserts, And Conflict Zones, And Into The Heart Of A NationS Unraveling.Taken In By Danjuma, A Gentle Fulani Cowherd With A Sprawling Family And An Instinct For Danger, Ekwe Enters A World Of Cattle Herding, Migration, And Precarious Survival. As Insurgents Tear Through Northern Towns And Tribal Wars Erupt In The Middle Belt, Danjuma Leads His Family On An Epic Pastoral Flight Southward, Seeking Safety In A Country Where No Place Is Truly Safe. Along The Way, Ekwe Witnesses Birth And Burial, Kindness And Betrayal, And The Fragile Alliances That Form Between Strangers Bound By Necessity.But Violence Follows Them Like A Shadow, And The OwlsSymbols Of Myth, Menace, And ProphecyPerch Over Every New Beginning. Back In His Own Village, EkweS TwelveYearOld Sister Is Pressured To Marry A Wealthy Adult Suitor. Ekwe Becomes Obsessed With How Much Their Lives Would Improve If She Married This Man, But Oyibo, Stubborn And Proud, Resists The Path That Is Laid Out For Her. Meanwhile, Simmering Tensions Between Herders And Farmers Threaten To Ignite, Forcing Ekwe To Confront The Truth Of Where He Belongs.Sweeping, Immersive, And Fiercely Humane, A Siege Of Owls Traces A ChildS Odyssey Across A Fractured Landscape, Weaving Folklore With The Stark Realities Of Insurgency, Displacement, And The Longing For Home. It Is A Story Of Two FamiliesOne Lost, One GainedBound Together By Fate, Resilience, And The Dangerous Hope That Somewhere, Peace Still Exists.
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