Wars are not easy to forestall, nor are enemies, those within or without, easy to destroy.
In a land held together by fragile treaties and fuelled by the power of a mysterious super crop, the United Nations of West Africa clings to a brittle peace, until it is shattered in a storm of blood and fire. For Jaka, a boy from the quiet village of Malovo, life changes in a heartbeat as war crashes down, dragging him into a brutal underworld ruled by dark forces.
Captured by a deadly militia, Jaka is forced to serve the Zohrar, an ancient race that wields the power to unleash primal beasts. Day by day, the line between boy and monster blurs, his humanity slipping as he rises through the Zohrar’s ranks. When he is ordered to destroy the very land he once loved, Jaka must make an impossible choice, one that could decide the fates of both worlds.
Boys, Girls & Beasts is a fierce journey through the heart of darkness, where identity and survival are locked in a brutal struggle, and the difference between hero and monster is blurred by shadow. Enter a world where myth rises to life, and innocence is the first casualty of war.
Author: Nathaniel Bivan
genre: Literary Fiction
Wordcount: 44.000
Rights: all right available ex West-African (Masobe Publishers, Nigeria)