The Daughter in Limbo

Elizabeth Egi Kop copes with her trauma by running away from any man with the potential to be her soul mate. And so she can-and does-dabble in a loveless affair with Don Ihoeyno, who becomes her real hope for a job in an urban jungle swarming with the permanently unemployed. Then she meets Gideon X, a rare man around who does not trade favors. Love blindsides her. Tender, tender, tender, she feels. Vulnerable, vulnerable, vulnerable, she becomes. Her emotions go haywire. Her mind can’t stop flashing back to the bloody scene at the heart of her trauma. She has to run away from him. But her attempts to escape Gideon and claim the job from Don lead her deeper and deeper into a scheme that has awaited her since she started dating him. The story takes place in CDKuru, a developing world megacity breathing hot, humid air and corruption.