This Side of Eternity

By Ojobumijo Agbaji

If It s Too Good To Be True, It Probably Is... Or is it? Young, free-spirited Apeja and his new wife, Yemi, live humbly but happily in the Leki village-that is, until the Oracle chooses Apeja to be the next king of the village. Apeja tries to discharge his duties faithfully, but he can't help but feel that something is not right about their deity, Ajaku, and its chief priest, Ajakule. These doubts are strengthened when the deity is unable to give the couple a child after all the sacrifices and prayers Apeja and Yemi have offered. The anger Apeja feels when he is asked to take a second wife causes him to revolt and cry out to the One Behind the Clouds, the one he knows exists but does not know... A stranger from a distant tribe, with skin the color of the inside of a coconut, is sent from the One Behind the Clouds, bringing the truth Apeja seeks-but it sounds too good to be true, because all the truth Apeja has known has turned out to be sour. Yemi accepts the truth immediately, but Apeja waits for a sign, and when he gets it he finds the strength and courage to expose Ajakule's deception and confront the evil that holds the Leki village captive. The pain of death, rejection, and betrayal threatens to overcome Apeja, Yemi, the stranger, and Iyabo, Yemi's maid. But the One Behind the Clouds brings them through it-unscathed and victorious.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143274996X
• ISBN13: 9781432749965
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Outskirts Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"