Sammi Nderi
Basic
Ahoy folks, am a first-time novelist looking for critique of my 65,000-word novel before it is published. am welcoming all who would like to have a look at chapter 1 (2,085 words) to holler. The novel is a coming-of-age narrative in the romance with action and adventure genres. See synopsis below.
Labor of Conquest - Synopsis
What can a mad, homeless lady do to a six-year-old kid? Decapitation has never been so close to home, as when it happens to your grandpa. Eduardo Kaminho is conceived and born out of wedlock in Kenya. With his German mother being hesitant to take him back to her home country, she looks for a foster mother and leaves the child with her, admonishing her to be sure to look for his Kenyan, charcoal-seller father, when the baby is older.
Whether the young boy will suffer or thrive, die or survive, will depend on his will to win, and his desire to conquer, the many challenges, fears and doubts he faces. When a heart-rending experience in his home country forces Kaminho to reconsider his life purpose, his search for meaning in life takes him from the hectic Nairobi, to the towering skyscrapers of Frankfurt, to the cobbled streets of Freiburg im Breisgau and the scenic hillside town of Habkern, Switzerland, and then back to the sunny beaches and winding streets of a UNESCO World Heritage town in Kenya. And when he is back in Kenya, there is still one more hurdle he has to assail.
The story of how he encounters terror, heartbreak, bloodshed, arson, racial profiling and finds beauty and love, in one of the world’s most beautiful and blessed countries, is poignant and full of surprises at every turn.
Labor of Conquest - Synopsis
What can a mad, homeless lady do to a six-year-old kid? Decapitation has never been so close to home, as when it happens to your grandpa. Eduardo Kaminho is conceived and born out of wedlock in Kenya. With his German mother being hesitant to take him back to her home country, she looks for a foster mother and leaves the child with her, admonishing her to be sure to look for his Kenyan, charcoal-seller father, when the baby is older.
Whether the young boy will suffer or thrive, die or survive, will depend on his will to win, and his desire to conquer, the many challenges, fears and doubts he faces. When a heart-rending experience in his home country forces Kaminho to reconsider his life purpose, his search for meaning in life takes him from the hectic Nairobi, to the towering skyscrapers of Frankfurt, to the cobbled streets of Freiburg im Breisgau and the scenic hillside town of Habkern, Switzerland, and then back to the sunny beaches and winding streets of a UNESCO World Heritage town in Kenya. And when he is back in Kenya, there is still one more hurdle he has to assail.
The story of how he encounters terror, heartbreak, bloodshed, arson, racial profiling and finds beauty and love, in one of the world’s most beautiful and blessed countries, is poignant and full of surprises at every turn.
