Raped in the Desert

The suspense filled thriller is based on the contemporary social challenge of terrorism confronting the North eastern part of Nigeria. It resonates the voice and pain of rape, denial and oppression of the vulnerable female gender. It begins with the story of a young School girl Hauwa, the main character of the novel. Hauwa is the voice of one of the abducted School girls, their pain, and their loss and ultimately the triumph of overcoming life’s many challenges, even in extremist conditions. Hauwa journeys from the abductors den to freedom, through torture, pain, fears and many near death experiences. But she will never remain the same as she emerges from these experiences a different person.