FLIGHT OF SWALLOWS
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Last published Wed, Feb 20, 2019
Set in the fictional African village of Kimiwa, Richard Mbakwe is a child soldier caught up in a violent and unforgiven time of war.
Following a close-up explosion that renders him unconscious and makes him relieve his past, he finds a new path and resolves to follow it to the very end.
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