Sacrilege Sacrifice

By Emma O'dipe
$1.80 Rating: Not yet rated.
Published: July 09, 2012
Words: 54,163 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781476207360

Short description

This historical novel based on the tradition of a remote village during the early 19th Century. It focused on the journey of an ordinary woman, Abebe who dared all and gave all for the love of her only child. Its a tale of love and willpower playing together to force a Kingdom and its culture to standstill.

Extended description

This historical novel is based on the tradition of a remote village in the during the early 19th Century. It focused on the journey of an ordinary woman, Abebe who dared all and gave all for the love of her only child. It was set against the back drop of the tradition of the tribe that all lamed newborn must be sacrificed in the dreaded forest to appease the gods. Fate, events and village busybody, Ireti all worked unknowingly in her favor when she returned against all odds to the village after being sentenced to death at the forest.
Its a tale of love and willpower playing together to force a Kingdom and its culture to standstill.
When the poor palm wine tapper married the village beauty, he thought his life was complete until his wife gave birth to a lame child. This abomination demand the evil boy be sacrificed at the dreaded forest. The stubborn mother refused to let go and she was banished with her son. When she returned from the dreaded forest with arms and legs intact and the .. (Read more) This historical novel is based on the tradition of a remote village in the during the early 19th Century. It focused on the journey of an ordinary woman, Abebe who dared all and gave all for the love of her only child. It was set against the back drop of the tradition of the tribe that all lamed newborn must be sacrificed in the dreaded forest to appease the gods. Fate, events and village busybody, Ireti all worked unknowingly in her favor when she returned against all odds to the village after being sentenced to death at the forest.
Its a tale of love and willpower playing together to force a Kingdom and its culture to standstill.
When the poor palm wine tapper married the village beauty, he thought his life was complete until his wife gave birth to a lame child. This abomination demand the evil boy be sacrificed at the dreaded forest. The stubborn mother refused to let go and she was banished with her son. When she returned from the dreaded forest with arms and legs intact and the son alive, she set the whole village on a course history never before treaded. Events, chances and divine orchestrations worked in her favor as she fought the power that be who are bent on making sure she and her evil son died by hook or crook.
This is a story that take the readers through the mind of an ordinary woman and how her uncompromising stand changed the course of history in her village. It explored the depth of history and web of cultures. From religion to politics, love and hate, gossip and economic power all playing against the destiny of a little boy who does not have power over what has befallen him.
(Less)

Tags

drama, african drama, thriller and mystery, folklore drama, fiction africian

Available ebook reading formats

Single purchase gains access to all formats. How to download ebooks to e-reading devices and apps.

Format	Full Book	Sample First 10%
Online Reading (HTML, good for sampling in web browser)	Buy	View sample
PDF (good for reading on PC, or for home printing)	Buy	No sample available
Kindle (.mobi for Kindle devices and Kindle apps)	Buy	Download sample
Epub (Apple iPad/iBooks, Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo, and most e-reading apps including Stanza, Aldiko, Adobe Digital Editions, others)	Buy	Download sample
LRF (Use only for older model Sony Readers that don't support .epub)	Buy	Download sample
Palm Doc (PDB) (for Palm reading devices)	Buy	Download sample

Reviews

Log-in to write a Review   Log-in to add a Video Review

This book has not yet been reviewed.

Reason for report:
— Select a reason — Book is or contains spam Book infringes copyright Same content is published elsewhere with different author (for ex., by private-label rights) Duplicate Incomplete work (such as sample or serial) Should be marked adults-only Category is inappropriate Poorly formatted Nudity or other inappropriate content on cover Nudity or other inappropriate visual content in book Inappropriate erotica content Cover image is improper Content is inappropriate Other violation of Terms of Service Other reason not shown above.

Additional details: