Skietreker reviews THE GHOSTLY ADVERSARY

Skietreker reviews The Ghostly Adversary

By Richard "Skietreker" Seape

One of the most delightful and satisfying things for a young author and poet like myself is to meet one of one’s major literary heroes and role models. I grew up admiring and learning from the likes of Mr. Bolaji. I dreamt that I would meet Bolaji in particular one day; that I would also publish my own book(s). Both dreams have come true!

Reading any book of fiction penned by O Bolaji is a great pleasure. This is a man who richly deserves his many awards. But his fictional works also pose a challenge. How many of his over- dozen shattering works of fiction can we read and appreciate fully? At least recently I got to read his thriller, The ghostly adversary which is a magnificent work.

The Ghostly adversary is unequivocally an articulate, robust yet intriguing, well written novel which moves one's imagination to greater heights by keeping the reader in awe and suspense.

"In the blink of an eye" this magnificent read unfolds mysteries of a violated woman who in return finds justice and revenge in the most unusual way. The format in which it is written is profound and it gives the reader an electrifying feeling from page to page as you crave with curiosity, lost in the writer’s expertise.

The author takes you on a journey and gently depicts how a courageous woman was brutalised by men whom she knew and thereafter she swore on the heart of a stone that she would one day eventually make them pay and indeed in the end she finds justice in her own way.

Utilising the plots and tricks she had learned from her unforgettable traumatizing experience, this work echoes the fact that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned! Easily one of the most exciting books ever written by any African author.

A real thriller !
- Skietreker