THE WEIGHT OF SILENCE HIS PAIN ABSENCE AND BETRAYAL, a memoir

In Kenya, an Egyptian defector becomes the focal point of an African Cold War - but is he a player or a pawn in the international game of political chess? In North Korea, a disillusioned spy plays a cat-and-mouse game against his own secret service… In Canada, a successful businesswoman must outwit a stalker who has come a little too close for comfort… In Israel, a secret plan to bioengineer an army of cloned soldiers creates ʹthe perfect storm’ of controversy… In Rwanda, a young family flees the 1994 in a heart-rending tale of courage, sacrifice, hatred and fear… Back in Nairobi, an investigator is called in after an Indian family’s wedding plans turn into funeral arrangements… Ripples of alarm begin to spread when a soon-to-be-crowned Nobel laureate goes missing, believed kidnapped… A varsity student meets her idol... A political assassination is investigated... And a love triangle between a high-strung cop, a naïve writer and a beautiful girl spirals dangerously out of control… ---------------------------------- "A seriously thrilling collection of short stories. From espionage to crimes of passion to tragic love stories. Alexander Nderitu's heavily researched anthology is proof that Kenyan writers have come of age, ready to compete with international big guns." - Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki, author of the Cocktail book series