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Sheer desperation and a sense of urgency drove Millicent to abandon her childhood home in Jamaica and flee with her younger brother, Leopold, to the United Kingdom.Years later, after many tribulations, despair, hope, and achievement, she returns to the land of her birth. Confronted with a changed society, she comes to the rude awakening that things are far from what she had envisioned.Conned out of her hard-earned money by cunning and crafty three-card swindlers, Millicent is forced to use her wits to survive.With nowhere to run and no one to help her, Millicent reluctantly joins forces with a group of prayer warriors whose sole mission is to dispel and stamp out beliefs in visits of the supernatural, wherever it rears its ugly head.The group has now zeroed in on the city of Kingston, Jamaica, which is in a state of panic following strange occurrences. The superior skills of Officer Speng, a highly sought -after detective, are once again called upon to bring law and order back to the city.
The beautiful, fertile district of Bognie is jolted to the core when members of the community start reporting constant and unnerving visits from those long dead. Soon, persons from other communities start fleeing their homes amidst reports of supernatural visits.With communities in uproar and in a constant state of panic, it falls on the shoulders of Police Officer Speng, the Obeah woman Conqueror’s third son, to solve the mystery. Plucked from his job as a police officer working in relative obscurity in the hills of Westmoreland, Officer Speng is given the demanding task of investigating and bringing law and order back to these communities.Armed with his special training, Officer Speng sets out to uncover the truth and bring calm and sanity back to the towns ravaged by these terrifying paranormal visits. Despite his skepticism, Officer Speng launches his manhunt, sweeping through towns and villages as he determines to bring all perpetrators to justice, whether dead or alive.This uproariously hilarious and spine-tingling fiction novel is the second book in the series by well-known author Norma Stone Walker.
At the age of eight, Norma Stone Walker has to leave the cocoon of safety of her family, the close-knit community she has known, and embark on life’s journey.Throughout her whirlwind journey of joy and sorrow, she watches, learns, and grows.She observed the desperation of some women to get married, and the lengths they will go to achieve it.The importance of roots: Drink in the Jamaican culture.The role of the “warner woman” and the law-and-order policeman.This story evokes sadness and sparks joy and humor at the same time. It relays the message throughout: “It’s not where you are coming from in life, but where you are going that matters.”
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