Chief Sobotie Cassidy, heir apparent to the throne of Umude, confronts a tradition that requires him to have a son to become king. He’s stuck with four adorable girls despite his best endeavours and haunted by the allure of the prestigious throne he might never occupy.
Surrendering to the cruelty of fate, Cassidy relinquishes his ambition, but one night, the king dreams and sees Cassidy’s glowing star hunted by vicious, dark clouds. He’s convinced enemies are after his protégé and resurrects the kingship project.
Cassidy’s renewed contest for the throne pitches him against an African tradition that idolizes male children over females, a quest that drives him into polygamy in search of a son, the polygamy he abhors for sending his father to an early grave.
Sure enough, polygamy bares its fangs, but Cassidy is too far gone to retreat. And when his son arrives, he’s a strange gift…Cassidy must fight fresh battles.
Laced with serial conflicts and complex emotions, the story exposes the intrigues and machinations that supply sons in societies ravaged by gender segregation.
It’s another epic; the master storyteller won’t let you put this down