Rosaline Odeh’s new book Guns of Power makes waves on Amazon

By Fred Iwenjora

Rosaline Odeh’s new book Guns of Power makes waves on Amazon

Publishers of Guns of power, the latest book by Rosaline Odeh say it is selling fast on Amazon and other book stores across the US and United Kingdom.

The book which is generating a lot of interest since its publication by US based Strategic Book publishing and Rights LLC is the story of the tumultous love affair between a young couple; one a soldier whose involvement in a military coup in an African country trumps him up as Head of state and the other a young village university undergraduate.

The style of writing, lucidity, pace and suspense  of the former Director General of the National Film and Video Censors Board in Nigeria and official biographer and head of research and documentation at the Federal Ministry of Information gets commendation from those who have read Guns of power.

 In a chat recently during her short visit to Nigeria from the United states, Odeh said she was on sabbatical leave and dusted up a manuscript written several years ago to retouch it when publishers snapped it up.

An insider at Strategic Books says “Rosaline Odeh’s new book is doing well since it was published. Our editors knew we had a best seller in our hands when they first read the manuscript.

According to the publishers “Guns of power, a love story during military rule in West Africa reflects life in the 1960s when Military coups were rampant. In the novel, John a young military officer falls in love with Noma, a young undergraduate at the university.

 “Their love story takes a dramatic turn when John becomes the head of state after a coup. The politics and intrigues that follow are mindboggling and tragic.

 Odeh was editor of who is who in Nigeria, a compendium published by the Federal Ministry of Information. She also wrote biographies of Nigerian leaders and heads of states before her meritorious retirement from Nigeria civil service. After her years  as Director  General National Film and Video Censors Board, she retired again to run Grotto Afrique; Gallery of History in Abuja Nigeria.