At twenty-five, Adam is already too old to marry – a taboo with dire consequences – by the tradition of Aboki, a Nigerian hamlet. Just when Adam is about to marry Hassana, who does not mind his polio-crippled leg, his best friend Usman insists on marrying her, though she is his own fiancée’s twin sister. To resolve the matter, they resort to sharo; now Adam can only marry Hassana if he endures the pre-nuptial ritual by not wincing throughout the hours-long flogging with a poisoned whip. But something goes wrong. He is between life and death and will stay that way unless he can solve one of life’s greatest mysteries - how and why a loving and compassionate God instigates all the violence and suffering in the world. Adam strives to endure a pre-nuptial ritual by not wincing throughout an hours-long flogging with a poisoned whip by his best friend so he can marry his fiancée Hassana. But something goes wrong. He is between life and death and will stay that way unless he can solve one of life’s greatest mysteries - how and why God, said to be love, instigates all the violence and suffering in the world. As he struggles to solve this and other puzzles, with the potential of reducing war and violence globally, Adam meets a mysterious otherworldly septuagenarian who offers to help crack the conundrums. But time is running out. Adam, who gets inducted into the deadly Boko Haram (or Western Knowledge is Forbidden) sect, must quickly stop a potentially deadly terrorist attack with global implications before he can escape certain death and become his normal self and win back his heartthrob. However, the only person with the final antidote to his rare condition is determined to hold on to it. This is Adam’s cross in this gripping and humorous expository tale in which he is also to unveil God’s face, as is seldom seen, and show vividly how the Creator directs every man’s affairs whether they recognize it or not. To purchase a copy of this e-book by Patrick Ugeh, please go to amazon
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