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The journey back questions7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() There are unsettling and disturbing descriptions of war zones and related injuries, human suffering and slavery, all the worse for knowing that these things still exist in this day and age. This story makes for very difficult reading at times. ![]() Poor Kalu now has two children to fear for once more and doesn’t even know two more are also in danger. Her team leader tells her to abandon everything and run to the transport being sent and she can only watch in horror as a drone strike destroys the red minibus in front of her eyes, leaving her unconscious and injured. Working in Pripyat on the old Chernobyl site, Russian paratroopers are invading Ukraine. A terrible contagion is killing people in the town, brought back by the soldiers including their own husbands. Back in Monguno, Nigeria, after being rescued by Libyans and then sold as wives to the Boko Harem soldiers, Kalu’s other daughters Oke and Isime, also believe only they survived the journey. He is duped and attacked, and his subsequent hospitalization reveals the awful truth to Kalu about his heritage. In London Damilola has stolen a large sum of money from Kalu in order to buy into a drug dealing gang led by Jet. Years later he is happily married to Amira but grandfather Ali, the man the brothers fled from when he chose his granddaughter for a bride, has tracked them down and wants back what is his. He managed to make it across the Sahara to be picked up by nomads Mohammed, his daughter Amira and his brother Katouh. Damilola makes it to London and passes himself off to them as Beb. Ten years later, at the end of book one, The Journey, Damilola has buried Beb in the sand and left him for dead after stealing the gold coin that Kalu had given to each of his children for emergencies. Kalu and his daughter Kissie believe they were the only survivors of the boat wreck as they made their escape from war torn Nigeria. The only thing I would ask the author is please x1000 write a 3rd book in the series I LOVED it, it is superb, if you haven’t read ‘The Journey’ yet you must and if you have I know already you will be reading this as soon as possible The book follows the characters lives from the point the book starts and each page is detailed in its adventure and realism We meet again with the main characters of ‘The Journey’ years on and in various locations, The Ukraine, Nigeria, The Uk and the Sahara and catch up with how good/bad life has treated them, some are much better off, some way worse but immediately I was back with these astonishingly real characters and living their various situations with them, the writing and atmospheric description has not changed in this book, it’s emotive, real and at times horrific but all of it is powerful ‘The Journey’ is a magnificent book detailing how families are trying to escape Nigeria and Boko Haram, I have never forgotten it and so to find out about ‘ The Journey Back’ was brilliant….but would it live up to expectations?….YES and more… I can honestly say I have never been so excited to find out unexpectedly about a sequel as I was when saw the post about this book An easy, fast-paced read!" Gemma Myers - Between The Pages Book Club ★★★★★ "It had me captivated until the end. ★★★★★ "The plot line is superb and the characters are brilliant and really help carry the story forward." Donna Maguire - Donnas Book Blog ★★★★★ "Such an intense, chilling and eye-opening novel which is guaranteed to leave you utterly speechless." Kaisha Holloway - The Writing Garnet ★★★★★ "I have never read a book before where I have had to stop reading because I couldn’t cope with the emotions the book engendered in me but the author writes so powerfully that I HAD to finish it." Joanna Lanum - Guest Reviewer ★★★★★ "If you’re looking for something to open your eyes, break your heart, and look to take action to promote change, start with The Journey." Tiffany Hall - Beyond The Stars Fast forward twenty-years and his daughter, Kissie is in Ukraine when Russian tanks cross the border and his family are in terrible danger again. He tried to get his family across the Sahara to look for passage to the safety of Europe but they were duped by ruthless people traffickers and his wife and two daughters were lost at sea. Kalu is a doctor, who escaped an extremist revolution in Nigeria. The Journey Back is the blistering sequel to The Journey. ![]()
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