Dance For the Dead
Published on 1. November 2022
220 pages
978-1-63951-099-3 (ISBN)
Description
On a moon-lit night, Diké , heir to the Kingdom and leader of the terrifying warrior cult, the Ogwumii, falls asleep inside his bedroom. He wakes up to find himself trapped within the secret shrine of the village deity, a dark cave forbidden to all save the powerful witchdoctors. Overnight, the mighty warrior-prince becomes an Osu- an untouchable and outcast.In disgraced exile in the forbidden shrine, his sole companion is the raging ghost of a murdered slave girl, wrongly sacrificed to the gods on the false prophecy of a lecherous witchdoctor. To break the Osu curse, Diké must find the traitors who orchestrated his downfall and embark on a terrifying journey to the ancestors'' realm, a deadly quest that could end his life or return him to full citizenship and glory.
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Content
- Intro
- Praise for Nuzo Onoh
- Epigraph
- Chapter
- Glossary of Igbo Terminology
- 1. A DANGEROUS REJECTION
- 2. A RELUCTANT GROOM
- 3. BIG-BOSOM
- 4. MOUSE IN A TRAP
- 5. THE PLOT IS HATCHED
- 6. THE SOUL-EATERS
- 7. THE ABDUCTION
- 8. THE CURSE OF THE SHADOW CROWS
- 9. POISONOUS HANDS
- 10. THE HANGING SKULLS
- 11. DAYS OF THE VULTURES
- 12. THE COUP
- 13. THERESA CHICKEN-LEGS
- 14. GHOSTED
- 15. REVELATION
- 16. VISITATION
- 17. THE SNAKE'S TONGUE
- 18. THE WITCH DOCTOR
- 19. THE REUNION
- 20. THE SECRET BURIAL GROUND
- 21. THE PREPARATION
- 22. A MAN'S PRIDE
- 23. THE DEPARTURE
- 24. THE EMPTY REALM
- 25. THE ARRIVAL
- 26. A DANCE FOR THE DEAD
- 27. DESTINY
- 28. BLOOD DUES
- 29. THE DAY OF THE TEN LIONS
- 30. ATONEMENT
- About the Author
