she whom the Gods feared
This is my first book published through Publishamerica. It is quiet a great achievement to be an author i mus say. It's my first release and expectations are very high, at least from my perspective. I have to do a lot of promotion and i am currently garnering enough information and sources to continue my promotion.
It means a lot to me because the story is an African story but it's also a story from my roots. It's a story that happened in my village Sayo and i am very honored to have such a story get publication through the states. It makes one feel very proud that you can come from so far and become a published author in America by not doing much but talking about something that is very familiar to you.
The book tells the story of a beautiful young woman in Sayo who loses faith in mankind when she isn't able to fulfill her expectations as a woman. Being beautiful and being married to the most wanted and admired man in the village just isn't enough, she must also please his family. When Assini fails to become pregnant with her husband, rumors of a curse start to circulate and they point the fingers at her for being damned by the Gods therefore unable to bear children. Complications begin when her husband tries to defend his beautiful wife standing in the way of the king and the tradition. Assini is persecuted as a cursed woman and has everything taken from her. But when the humans turn against her, the spirits come to her rescue, turning her into the most unstoppable supernatural force of nature that the village has ever witnessed. Only the most faithful will survive in the battle against SHE WHOM THE GODS FEARED.
That is just a little insight of what the book is really about. To me of course it means more than that. The story is fictional but the events are factual. These are stories that i heard from the elders in my village who felt it was important to know where i came from and who filled the royal shoes that i was about to start wearing. It's very easy in life to point the finger at someone and blame them for the curses in your life. I think for most people it helps them get away from facing their problems. It's all fiction and fiction helps us escape our realities. The villagers were already facing problems and when Assini couldn't get pregnant they called her a witch and blamed her for their problems but what happens next?
In this case, when she gets a hold of spiritual powers and has the ability to make her revenge accessible in any way or form she desires, should she be blamed? Or should the people who suffer at her hands be the ones to deserve exactly what they bargained for?
That is exactly what inspired me to write this story. i believe that people get a lot of things mixed up and i don't really think that it's fair. If a killer comes to your house with a knife and you catch him but you get the upper hand because you have a gun and the killer begs you for his life, what do you do? Do you call the police and let them take him away, he goes to jail where he stays for 10 years and comes back after you or do you just shoot him in the face? In this book the idea is put into perspective. After being terribly hurt, this woman is given power to do anything she wants to anyone who ever hurt her. Now as you read this book, you will realize that some of you may think of her as a hero, while others will think of her as the worst villain they'd ever encountered in reading. One question remains; what would you do if you had gone through what she had gone through and were given the chance to make those who made you suffer, pay for all they did to you?
Here are the links to where to purchase the book:
http://www.amazon.com/Whom-Feared-Prince-Lcharls-Degreat/dp/1448927064/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264045612&sr=1-1
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?WRD=she+whom+the+gods+feared&box=she%20whom%20the%20gods%20feared&pos=-1
http://www.publishamerica.net/product87698.html
It means a lot to me because the story is an African story but it's also a story from my roots. It's a story that happened in my village Sayo and i am very honored to have such a story get publication through the states. It makes one feel very proud that you can come from so far and become a published author in America by not doing much but talking about something that is very familiar to you.
The book tells the story of a beautiful young woman in Sayo who loses faith in mankind when she isn't able to fulfill her expectations as a woman. Being beautiful and being married to the most wanted and admired man in the village just isn't enough, she must also please his family. When Assini fails to become pregnant with her husband, rumors of a curse start to circulate and they point the fingers at her for being damned by the Gods therefore unable to bear children. Complications begin when her husband tries to defend his beautiful wife standing in the way of the king and the tradition. Assini is persecuted as a cursed woman and has everything taken from her. But when the humans turn against her, the spirits come to her rescue, turning her into the most unstoppable supernatural force of nature that the village has ever witnessed. Only the most faithful will survive in the battle against SHE WHOM THE GODS FEARED.
That is just a little insight of what the book is really about. To me of course it means more than that. The story is fictional but the events are factual. These are stories that i heard from the elders in my village who felt it was important to know where i came from and who filled the royal shoes that i was about to start wearing. It's very easy in life to point the finger at someone and blame them for the curses in your life. I think for most people it helps them get away from facing their problems. It's all fiction and fiction helps us escape our realities. The villagers were already facing problems and when Assini couldn't get pregnant they called her a witch and blamed her for their problems but what happens next?
In this case, when she gets a hold of spiritual powers and has the ability to make her revenge accessible in any way or form she desires, should she be blamed? Or should the people who suffer at her hands be the ones to deserve exactly what they bargained for?
That is exactly what inspired me to write this story. i believe that people get a lot of things mixed up and i don't really think that it's fair. If a killer comes to your house with a knife and you catch him but you get the upper hand because you have a gun and the killer begs you for his life, what do you do? Do you call the police and let them take him away, he goes to jail where he stays for 10 years and comes back after you or do you just shoot him in the face? In this book the idea is put into perspective. After being terribly hurt, this woman is given power to do anything she wants to anyone who ever hurt her. Now as you read this book, you will realize that some of you may think of her as a hero, while others will think of her as the worst villain they'd ever encountered in reading. One question remains; what would you do if you had gone through what she had gone through and were given the chance to make those who made you suffer, pay for all they did to you?
Here are the links to where to purchase the book:
http://www.amazon.com/Whom-Feared-Prince-Lcharls-Degreat/dp/1448927064/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264045612&sr=1-1
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?WRD=she+whom+the+gods+feared&box=she%20whom%20the%20gods%20feared&pos=-1
http://www.publishamerica.net/product87698.html
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