Rohn K Robbins

The Stone Minder's Daughter Rohn K Robbins

The Stone Minder's Daughter is a story about Africa in the first years of the 19th Century. Adia is born a twin in a culture that regards twins with suspicion. She is the favored of her father, a holy man named Talis, minder of The Stone. The twins' births are traumatic and their mother is lost in childbirth. Naburu's loss defines each of her daughters' lives differently. The second twin, Eseoghene, is blamed for their mother's death and is marked by a lifelong curse that plays out in her tragedies. It is the time of the Lmuget, the septennial celebration when all the families spread across the great broad eastern bushland gather in Maralal. They come to feast, to praise their god-above-all-gods, N'gai, and to celebrate the transition of the young warriors of all the clans-the morani-from boys to men. First, Adia's clan must travel with all their goats and the cattle that define their wealth across the remorseless bush. There are travails to overcome but none more threatening than the discovery of the white-pink men who have suddenly appeared in the lands N'gai has since time began secured to them. From one generation to the next, from as far back as time itself can reach, the bush and all within it has been theirs. Now they must contend with what these rude intruders may portend. Filled with memorable characters: strong, brave, Chege; the steady Stone Minder, Talis; the ghost of Naburu; Adia and Eseoghene, The Stone Minder's Daughter moves quickly over the African bush, evoking the rich feel, scent, voice, and dangers of a slow-awakening continent just as the world arrives. The novel is intended for an adult audience who craves travel, adventure, and the verse and poetry of literary fiction.