The Second Path

(Formerly known as: Kauna)

After losing her sister, Miriam is stuck to face the real world all alone as an orphan. She lives with her mute grandmother in kaduna, far away from everyone in her past life. With the loss of an immediate family, could there be anything left for Miriam to depend on?

Kauna is a supposedly homeless little girl known as 'maiya', a witch, because of a rumor spread several years ago. She is a rejection to everyone around her, expect her mother.

One stormy evening, Kauna and her mother were sitting opposite Miriam's house when Miriam lets them stay over till the rain was over. Little did she know her kindness to these supposedly homeless people was going to lead to something unexpectedly different.

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Highest ranking:
#1 in SerialKilling (28 June 2018)
#1 in Kaduna (23 June 2018)
#1 in NigerianStories (23 September 2018)
#4 in Nigeria (30 August 2019)
#3 in Africa (19 October 2018)
#422 in Love (8 July 2018)
#195 in MYSTERY (19 October 2018)

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Winner for Best Plot Twist Book in Nigeria Readers' Choice Award 2020 (@NGwattNG).

Featured on @AmbassadorsNG 's Mystery/Thriller Reading List.

Third runner up for General Fiction category in The African Writers Award 2018 (round 2) (@Africanliterature).