Shadow MenIn her lyrical, haunting prose, Bijoya Sawian paints a dark, threatening picture and shows how violence has tainted the very fabric of everyday life in a place that was once peaceful, untroubled and calm. A thick mist envelops an isolated house and a cottage atop a hill. Raseel, looking out from her window, hears the sound of shots. Suddenly the mist parts, and three men come into view, furtive, quick. Then they are gone, and there is silence. Raseel,

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degradation is powerful

where secretive networks conspire with Africa’s kleptocrats to bleed the continent dry

these terrifying tales depict a wide range of nefarious methods and questionable reasons for bringing the dead back to life again

Beginning life working as a child labourer and as a ward boy to make ends meet

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But when Olive runs into her future boss

Rentt tackles the challenge head-on

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She has just one condition he has to spend a night with her in the legendary Beast House

There are unmade beds

How can she possibly choose between security with a man she admires and passion for the man who betrayed her