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02/16/07

Welcome

My website has information about myself and my novel Mission, published by Libros International.

Mission is an African novel, set in eastern Kenya in the 1970s. It explores themes of identity, development, change and faith from the perspectives of five main characters, Michael, Mulonzya, Janet, Boniface and Munyasya. The site offers extracts from the book and I hope you enjoy these enough to want the read the whole thing!

Please have a look at my own site, which has full details of the book.

Mission

A novel set in Kenya

Michael, a missionary priest, has just killed Munyasya, a retired army officer. It might have been an accident, but Mulonzya, a politician resentful of the power of foreign churches, tries to exploit the tragedy for his own ends. Boniface, a young church worker, and his wife, Josephine, have just lost their child. They did not make it to the hospital in time, possibly because Michael made a detour to retrieve a letter from the Mission, a letter from Janet, a former volunteer teacher who was the priest’s neighbour for two years. It is Munyasya who has the last laugh, however, when he reveals that he was probably in control of events all along. Thirty years on, the same characters find their lives still influenced by his memory.

Mission is a substantial book of about 180,000 words. I apologise for my inability to say things more succinctly. But I think, when your read the book, you will agree that it covers a lot of ground an describes varied lives in a changing world.

Mission has taken me years to complete, but not because it took a long time to write. I completed a draft almost 20 years ago, and then ignored it until last year. I am happy with the result. It is a book I would like to read.

The site is still developing, so please do come back and visit again.

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