The Good Evil

After the death of his beloved mother, Owunebe is adopted into his father's family, to live alongside his half brothers and sisters, for the sake of tribal purity and morality. When raised by his stepmother, Anyenu, who is furious at the constant reminder of her husband's infidelity, Owunebe no longer feels the tender touch of a mother's love, but rather the cane and sharp tongue of Anyenu. While his father plans to temper Owunebe's native upbringing with the white man's ways, Anyenu plots to destroy any relationship between them, so as to keep the future royal throne of Akpachi for her own firstborn. As the story unfolds and Owunebe begins to become a man, he is faced with the decision of whether to succumb to the evil ways of Anyenu, or to rise above the persecution, with only strength of character and human dignity to carry him through.