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She didn't ask to inherit the melody. She just couldn't stop hearing it.
Zara Kena lives in the shadow of her mother's legend - Selina Kena, a blues singer who vanished on the cusp of greatness, leaving behind only a guitar, a box of vinyl, and a rumor: that she made a deal with the devil somewhere in Nairobi's backstreets.
But the song Selina left behind is more than just a haunting melody. It's alive. And it's waking up again.
As strange harmonics ripple through the city - igniting blue fires, warping memories, and drawing faceless spirits from the cracks in the concrete - Zara begins to unravel a deeper truth: the song was never cursed. It was a prison. And she is its next key.
From the salt-walled alleys of Kariokor to the dreaming roots of Kakamega Forest, Zara must piece together her mother's past, confront ancestral echoes, and decide if she will finish the song... or silence it forever.
Because once the seventh chord plays, there is no going back.
A lyrical, slow-burning supernatural novel, Me and the Devil blends Kenyan folklore, ancestral trauma, and musical mythology into a haunting exploration of inheritance, memory, and the dangerous magic of voice.
"You don't inherit a curse like this. You carry it like a song."