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“Beyond the Father" sets the scene for the 8-book Epic "gods on Trial: The Series," delving into life's determination to transcend all limitation. Set on the planet Xżyber, citizens of the Sub-median Region, imperfectly reborn into metal, oppress those who are still organic. Elsewhere, in the Central Kingdom, religion supports royalty's brutal domination of the lowest class. War over scarce resources is coming, while revolution within each region is brewing, and none appear to know of the eccentric god who created them. This entity watches, has fascinating conversations with his often-wiser companion, occasionally learns but rarely intervenes. The many levels and threads of struggle distract nearly all from a far greater threat. Meanwhile, the young Prince Anglid's vision quest into the unexplored Area X may ultimately change everything. However, just when you think you know the direction of the story, the author has yet another surprise. ...

  Do you know your monkey? Do you truly know who you are or how you became so? I was living in an illusion in the world that I thought I knew. I had painted such a great picture of myself, that I loved so much. My shortcomings and uncalled-for poor personal behaviors were always justified by either nature or by the presumed faults of others. Then I met my monkey and we decided to take a journey together with Plato, representing knowledge and wisdom. We discovered that nature and people, most of the time, have nothing to do with our bad habits and poor behavior. Join us in a journey of searching for the best version of ourselves by going back to ground zero. Then and only then shall we live the true essence of happiness, prosperity, and peace of mind.           About Khaled M Issa 2010 was the turning year of my life that started with reading the book “First Things First” for Steve Covey. I Looked in the mirror in absolute admiration and asked my...

One minute, Colonel John Locklear was in an ambush in Iraq, and the next he was home and his entire team was MIA. In his dreams, he’s drawn into another world where past, present, and future are all happening at once. There are high-seas pirates negotiating with sentient robots and people who feed off of nature’s light energy. Natasha is a leader in this other world and she keeps calling John by the name “Zac.” Then, it isn’t a dream anymore and John becomes Zac, accepting that he—and his team—have a role to play in Lunia, the world on the other side of a black hole, the world Zac needs to save. Anthony C. WRAY His writing began with stories about other worlds, but a high school writing exercise challenged him to tap into his emotions. He began writing emotional narratives that became psychological thrillers. He now dives into speculative fiction, combining it with psychological thrillers to blend reality and imagination into tales that balance the two worlds. After militar...

                    Makeda, a young Ethiopian girl, longs to pick the maskal flowers that will be blooming in the fields shortly. She becomes ill with a fever and her dreams of gathering flowers will be ruined. Her mother makes a sacrifice of selling her bracelets to get the medicine Makeda needs. How will Makeda repay her mother for her loving sacrifice? Field Of Flowers is the story about a loving Ethiopian family.                 Meet Patricia Moore "I have worked as a preschool teacher, which is where I fell in love with picture books. My favorite picture book is Tar Beach. I have also won the Writer's Digest Writing Competition three times for my picture book manuscripts. I have won 7 other writing contests. I also write for adults and my poetry has been published in Leaves Magazine and The Journal News. My stories and poems for children have been published in My Light ...

By Farooq Kperogi If I get a dollar for every time random Nigerians that I don’t know from a hole in the wall want me to edit stuff (entire book manuscripts, articles, proposals, etc.) for them for free, I’d be a multimillionaire!  But seriously, what sustains the idea in Nigeria that writers and editors are complimentary communal intellectual wells from where everyone can drink? You don’t ask a doctor to treat you for an illness for free. You don’t ask a lawyer to defend you in court for free. You don’t ask an accountant to do your taxes for free.  In fact, you don’t ask a graphic designer to design logos for you for free. Only writers and editors are expected to offer free labor—as if they didn’t spend time and money to acquire their skill or don’t require effort and time to render their services. We creative types are probably responsible for why we’re taken for granted. We're willing victims of what one scholar by the name of Andrew Ross calls "cultural discount" wher...

New books to read: Hope Raisers Rosen Authors earn more  when you buy direct Fake news around the dinner table Beyond the father First Assignment Where the Lilacs Bloom once again

New books to read: Hope Raisers Rosen Authors earn more  when you buy direct Fake news around the dinner table Beyond the father First Assignment Where the Lilacs Bloom once again

By Farooq Kperogi Peter Obi's initial presidential campaign council proves the point I've always made in private to his fervid fans: after all is said and done, Obi is just another Establishment Nigerian politician who has neither the willingness nor the capacity to be the different and transformational leader that his supporters think he will be.  He's merely riding on the crest of the wave of mass discontent with the status quo. The list isn't just inexcusably insular (Igbo men are even state coordinators for Sokoto and Lagos!), it is also riddled with the type of embarrassing clerical errors and oversights that we've become accustomed to from Nigerian governments. If I were a man that idealistic young men and women have elevated to near sainthood as Obi has been, I would look through the list carefully, ensure there are no clerical errors in it, think through the optics that the names in it will communicate, and be careful to not come across as indistinguishable ...

…in exchange for the freed 23 Abuja-Kaduna train attack victims S’Reporters reports Over 100 people arrested for alleged links with Boko Haram and detained at the Kirikiri Correctional Centres have been released. SaharaReporters gathered that most of the released suspects were arrested in Borno, Bauchi and Kano states on suspicion of being members of Boko Haram in late 2009 when the police and other security agencies embarked on raids that led to the arrest of many members of the terrorist organisation.  “Over 100 Boko Haram suspects held at Krikiri prison were released last Friday. On Wednesday, the suspects started selling their properties in prison in preparatory for their release. “The Assistant Controller-General came to Kirikiri on Thursday and announced their release. A big vehicle was brought on Friday and they were transported to the airport,” a source told SaharaReporters. Another source however said the prisoners were freed as part of a swap deal with terrori...

Following the release of all the abducted victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack, over N6 billion may have been paid to the terrorists to set most of their captives free. Terrorists attacked an Abuja-Kaduna passenger train on March 28, 2022, in which about 14 persons were killed and 63 officially declared abducted. The attack, however, forced the Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, to temporarily suspend activities while President Muhammadu Buhari directed security agencies to rescue the victims. 23 remaining captives were, on Wednesday, released almost six months after they were kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists. The cheering news was conveyed by Usman Yusuf, Secretary, Chief of Defence Staff Action Committee, CDSAC. A Presidential Committee, reportedly set up by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, to look into the abduction of victims of the Kaduna-Abuja train attack, secured the release of the remaining victims in the terrorists’ captivity. Yusuf in a stat...

In perceptual terms, Peter Obi started as an Igbo candidate, then became the southern Christian candidate, and graduated to the Nigerian Christian candidate. Now he is becoming a Nigerian candidate. This column analyzes his seemingly growing acceptance in the Muslim North and poses uncomfortable questions about his past--now that it seems very likely that he could be president. Peter Obi’s Quiet Inroads into the Muslim North By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi Several weeks ago, my 80-year-old paternal uncle, who is a community leader, called me to ask whom between Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu he should vote and canvass support for. That was a strange request considering that in 2019 he resisted my entreaty to him to not vote or campaign for Buhari because of the danger that a Buhari second term would pose for Nigeria. He apparently sensed that I was hesitant to make any recommendations because the last time I did he balked. He was a true believer in Buhari even ...

I really want to take you through what happened over those 13 months from March 2020 - April 2022. I experienced the biggest transformation in my life over those 13 months and... you will see why. In April 2021, after a solid 4 years of ignoring my need for professional development, self-love, and healing from trauma, I made the decision to give my previous book business another shot and to stop playing small as an author. The closer I got to my successes in my old business, I would become fearful and it would keep me from being consistent. Every step I took in that old business felt like trying to walk in quick sand because I didn't know anything about marketing! I got referrals, but because the people referring customers to me weren't my perfect customers, the referrals weren't perfect customers either and working with them was really hard. I ended up traumatizing myself because I was going through a lot (homelessness with 4 kids, losing my manuscripts for my ...

InfoBytes.... I want her back – Father of viral little girl in Peter Obi rally begs for forgiveness years after giving mother N6k to abort her Just like we predicted, a man who claims to be the father of Chioma Success, the little girl who recently Obidiently and Yusufully become a star at #ObiDatti rally in Lagos, had surfaced. In a video, the alleged father of the star child, recounts how he gave chioma’s mother 6,000 naira to get rid of the baby but was surprised that she kept it.  However, he said he wants her back despite trying to have her aborted in the past and would like to now formally marry the mom, adding that he had turned over a new leaf and now wants his daughter and her mother back as he’s ready to marry her. He said that he’d chased her out when she’d refused to get rid of the child and reiterated his changed nature. Many have accused the man of being an opportunist as the little girl has gained some fame with well wishers reportedly sending her cash an...