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.
