[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_team_member admin_label=”Person” name=”UMAR TURAKI” image_url=”http:\/\/andreasomberg.com\/aslitagent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Umar-Turaki_1.jpeg” animation=”off” background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
Umar Turaki is a writer and filmmaker from Jos, Nigeria. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia. Every Drop of Blood Is Red<\/span> is his second novel. For more information, visit www.umarturaki.com.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_team_member admin_label=”Person” name=”EVERY DROP OF BLOOD IS RED” image_url=”http:\/\/andreasomberg.com\/aslitagent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/EveryDropofBloodisRed.jpg” animation=”off” background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Little A, 2024<\/p>\n Lives intersect for a young woman on a quest for revenge and a family man with a violent past in a haunting and provocative novel by the author of <\/span>Such a Beautiful Thing to Behold<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n In Jos, Nigeria, Dareng Pamson is slowly winning back the trust of his pregnant wife after his infidelity shook their marriage. When a young Muslim woman comes in out of the rain looking for work in Dareng\u2019s auto repair shop, Dareng cautiously agrees\u2015against his better judgment. She\u2019s passionate and willing to learn. Besides, it\u2019s time he started doing things differently.<\/p>\n After being back in her hometown for only a week, Murmula Denge finds who she\u2019s looking for: Dareng, the Christian man whose coldhearted ambition and greed shattered her family. At first, she wants only to destroy his tenuous peace by introducing chaos. Until Murmula realises that for true closure and justice, she must go to extremes. Blood for blood.<\/p>\n Neither is prepared for the mysterious turning point that changes their lives forever. As they navigate the quandary of faith and the strange new ties that bind them, coming to terms with the past is only the beginning.<\/p>\n Adventurous mystery fans will be rewarded with a tense and pensive suspense tale.\u201d \u2014Publishers Weekly<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cEvery Drop of Blood Is Red<\/span> marries a thrilling, twisty premise with a moral inquiry about where we\u2019re taken once we reach the end point of vengeance. Umar Turaki is among the most dazzling and inventive novelists I\u2019ve come upon in years.\u201d \u2015Kevin Chong, <\/strong><\/span>The Double Life of Benson Yu<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Bookshop.org<\/a><\/p>\n B&N<\/a><\/p>\n Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_team_member admin_label=”Person” name=”SUCH A BEAUTIFUL THING TO BEHOLD ” animation=”off” background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” image_url=”http:\/\/andreasomberg.com\/aslitagent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SuchaBeautifulThingtoBehold-2.jpg”]<\/p>\n Little A\/Amazon, 2022<\/p>\n *A GOOD MORNING AMERICA recommended read for May\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n An inexplicable sickness. A small town cut off from the world. An unexpected community of survivors forges a family out of the despair, struggling against things known and unknown for survival and hope.<\/p>\n A mysterious plague known as the Grey grips the small village of Pilam, which the world has quarantined without pity. Laying waste to Pilam\u2019s residents, the sickness saps its victims of strength, drains the color from their eyes, and kills all promise. Only the young are immune. But beyond the barricades and walls of soldiers\u2015the manifestation of a nation\u2019s terror\u2015there are rumors of a cure. Dunka, the eldest son of a family reeling from the Grey, takes on the daunting task of leaving Pilam to find that cure for his siblings and save them before it\u2019s too late.<\/p>\n His brother and sisters, however, have plans of their own. Navigating the chaos of violence, hunger, and death, each of them tries to make sense of the bleak circumstances, forging new bonds with other juvenile survivors left to their own devices. Now an unlikely family of six, they choose their own perilous paths, at first separately and then together, coming to terms with the decisions they make and the ghosts they cannot leave behind.<\/p>\n Umar Turaki\u2019s gripping novel is a story of survival, love, and the human spirit\u2019s tenacious capacity for wonder.<\/p>\n \u201cHeartfelt, engaging\u2026.. the novel illuminates the best and the worst humans have to offer, delving deep into what it means to love…Turaki has taken the classic pandemic novel and infused it with his own brand of hope\u2026A must-read novel.\u201d \u00a0\u2014 Locus\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n “Turaki highlights the power of the everyday in this terrifying yet elegant read.”\u00a0 \u00a0— GOOD MORNING AMERICA\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n