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The Depraved
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ISBN10: 9914760430
ISBN13: 9789914760439
Publisher: Nsemia Inc.
Published: Jul 4 2026
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.31 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9789914760439
Publisher: Nsemia Inc.
Published: Jul 4 2026
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.31 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Returning to the rural district of Kerongo after four decades overseas, the narrator expects a homecoming defined by the warmth of Logooli traditions and the nostalgic scents of childhood. Instead, she finds a community paralyzed by the memory of Ondori Ambura, a man whose life became a masterclass in psychological and physical terror.
Through a series of eyewitness accounts, the novella reconstructs Ondori's descent from a promising student into a social pariah whose crimes, ranging from the slaughter of livestock to the brutal assault of an elderly widow, severed the sacred ties of Ubuntu. The Depraved paints a haunting portrait of a man who did not just break the law, but shattered the very moral fabric of his rural community, turning his own family home into a fortress of fear. Steeped in local superstition and the weight of ancestral curses, the book captures the eerie atmosphere of a rural society waiting for a monster to die. Will the community members' longing for peace finally be met, or will the shadows of the past continue to haunt Kerongo?
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