Nneoma Otuegbe

Song of Earth and Blood Nneoma Otuegbe

Drawn by a past soaked in blood sand, Magazine Editor Kechi must return to the land of her birth, to the voices that call out to her from a devastating massacre at the stream of Adaoma a hundred years ago, voices that forcefully beckons all her life. Her path must cross with Enyidiya, the ancient one who has defied death while waiting for her long lost friend, and Chimezie, the one to whom she was betrothed all those years ago, the Lionslayer who has forgotten his legendary past. Amidst all the intrigues and shocking revelations, Kechi's life is in danger because the sister whose existence she had not been aware of is thirsty for vengeance for a betrayal aggravated by her own grapple for identity and healing from the cancers in her soul and body. A dirge that has endured through generations can only become a lovesong again once generational puzzles are unlocked and love takes its course again. Song of Earth and blood has one foot in the present and another in a far-flung past.