Sykes Adimora

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Halima, the young daughter of a Nigerian minister falls in love with Philip, a struggling drug addict. She offers him a once in a life time opportunity to make unprecedented wealth through the strings she could pull in her father's office. But when the unimaginable happens during her flight from Lagos to Abuja, Philip is left with no other choice but to resurrect his unscrupulous past or lose everything."An intensely moving narrative of corruption, treachery, violence and struggle against vicissitudes of life... A fresh literary voice that sounds as strong as those of established writers." The Sunday Vanguard