Chrys Chimé, a postgraduate student at Southampton, writes a book: The Wacky World of Dark Dictators. ManyPublishers were not impressed, but Pete Alott, an upstart publisher and son of a British publishing mogul decides to gamble on it. The book stirs up the Rastamuffins, an obscure group of fundamentalist Rastafarians, who considered it heretical and a collective insult that Haile Selassie should be maligned as a dictator. The media take up the story, and cowboy publishing triumphs.
Chrys’s wife, Amanda, is shot in Lagos, Nigeria. Chrys is abducted in London, England. The arrows point to the controversial book. But investigations also reveal a shocking web of intrigues, cultism, family lies, and scams.
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M.O. Ené holds a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering, and a PhD in engine exhaust emissions from the University of Southampton, England. He has, in the past 20 years, taught various courses at four different universities in three continents. A widely travelled man, who is fluent in four modern languages, Dr. Ené has a regular column, MOE’s Memo on www.kwenu.com. His other books include the novel, Jaundiced Justice. He currently lives and works in New Jersey, USA.