The Stolen Daughter

<p><strong>My heart races as</strong> <strong>gunfire startles me from my sleep and my lungs fill with smoke as I realise my village is being burned to the ground. I tremble as I discover my family is missing but before I can find them I am taken. With tears streaming down my face I wonder if I'll ever see my parents and little brother again...</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Western Africa 1848</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>. In a small Yor��b�� village fourteen-year-old </span><strong>�����k�����mi</strong><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> </strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>refuses to live by the elders' rules. </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>All she wants is to learn how to hunt and defend herself like the boys. But her father is quick to remind her that soon she'll be expected to grow up and marry. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>But </span>�����k�����mi<span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>'s world shatters when her village is ambushed by slave raiders. She watches in horror as she's separated from her family before she is sold to </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Madam </strong><strong>Tin��b��</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> a rich and powerful slave trader. With her heart in pieces </span>�����k�����mi<span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>'s days are filled with back-breaking labour and constant fear of brutal punishment. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Desperate </span><span style=color: rgba(33 33 33 1)>�����k�����mi </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>looks for a way to escape her nightmare and find her family. When someone tries to poison Madam </span><span style=color: rgba(33 33 33 1)>she</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> sees a chance to save her mistress's life. As a reward Madam grants </span><span style=color: rgba(33 33 33 1)>�����k�����mi</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>'s request to train as a warrior and join her guard. Madam sees something in </span><span style=color: rgba(33 33 33 1)>�����k�����mi</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> that she could use and something she desperately needs to keep her power...</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>But </span>�����k�����mi<span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> has a plan of her own. Even if everything is taken away from her her spirit will never be broken. And nothing will stop her from being reunited with her family. Not even Madam. </span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Inspired by true events <em>The Stolen Daughter</em> is a gripping and unputdownable story about facing your fears overcoming unimaginable hardship and the courage and strength of women in a world ruled by men. Fans of Marie Benedict Sadeqa Johnson and Suzette D. Harrison will be swept away.</strong></p>