A Portrait of Paradise

By Iyorwuese Hagher

In the Republic of Sofalia, paradise belongs to the powerful.

Oil wealth glitters across the capital city of Calanana, where senators travel in armored convoys and traditional rulers cling to fading authority. Beneath the overpass of Elhadj Kaalu Kabani Way lives Queen Aisha - homeless, volatile, and fiercely convinced that she alone understands the moral decay consuming her nation.

As politicians manipulate constitutional reform for personal gain and the divide between the Ogas and the Atsan widens into something combustible, Sofalia drifts toward a reckoning. A self-made senator with a shadowed past, a princess desperate for legitimacy, a widow haunted by loss, and a child forced into servitude move through a system built on spectacle and silence. Their lives orbit one another in a nation where corruption has become culture and survival demands compromise.

At once intimate and panoramic, A Portrait of Paradise is a bold political allegory about power, illusion, faith, and the fragile boundary between madness and truth. In Sofalia, paradise exists - but only for those who can afford it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1961475650
• ISBN13: 9781961475656
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: J Merrill Publishing Inc
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"