This is a novel that eloquently attests to the assertion that "Literature holds the mirror up for life." It's an extremely moving novel that satisfies a reader's insatiable thirst for word feasting, golden ideas, and valuable life lessons. The drama in this novel moves quickly to the climax like a pandemic picking up pace. Reading it, you feel as if you are under the baneful influence of a word sorcerer. The protagonist, Mogale's ordeal, is an unspeakable tragedy. The highly gifted young man, who is the hope of his family, his community, and his province, ends up disappointing everyone, including himself. The fate of his talent is like a death sentence lying in ambush along the corridors of judicial power. Yes, this novel is a dramatic depiction of the turbulent life of a young academic genius whose poetic voice seems to move with black thunder. In this instance, the author's poetry-turned-theatre is a memorable act of language with transcendental possibilities. It enhances the drama in the book for more enjoyment and understanding. The author's writing style is really like the crystal bells of the African nightingales ringing their vocal magic to the moon as he expresses golden ideas and feelings in beautiful sentences that create word pictures. It is a novel that glorifies the African cultural establishment by embracing ancestors, traditional beer, and praise poetry. It is a novel that, in style and language, could even steal the heart of His Imperial Majesty, the Shah of Persia.