For Makena, life is a quiet navigation of grief and unspoken fears, especially around a truth she barely dares to name. But everything shifts the day a single word, searched with trembling hands, cracks something open. Suddenly, she's drawn into stories she can't unread, stories that awaken a love she was taught to fear. Then comes Aziza. With eyes that make Makena forget every rule she's written to protect herself, Aziza is everything she fears... and secretly longs for. Now, Makena must make a decision: to embrace a love that feels like both salvation and betrayal, or to retreat into the lonely safety of denial. Echoes is a story of quiet defiance, of finding healing in unexpected places, and of a love so profound it just might rewrite everything Makena thought she knew about faith, family, and herself.

Investigative journalist Nia Ekal Apayo is on a mission to uncover corruption at one of Nairobi's top law firms. Sharp, relentless, and unafraid to dig deep, she's ready to take down anyone standing in her way-until she comes face-to-face with Sally Wangechi Gitau. Sally, a ruthless and calculating lawyer, isn't about to let some nosy journalist ruin her reputation. But when Nia's investigation forces her to spend more time in Sally's world, old memories resurface-memories of a tutor and a stubborn student, of rivalry that once burned hot, and a past they barely remember. Hatred turns into obsession, and obsession turns into something even more dangerous. Because in this game of power and desire, neither of them is willing to lose.

For IB students who don't have the book The Metamorphosis by Frank Kafka

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