By Khalifa Hemed
Published December 26, 2024

Gifted Ogova is a Fantasy Adventure novel on children with mysterious powers that the world neither understands nor wants to tapIf you like diversity, literary innovation, affordable price and easy access to eclectic authors, then you don’t delay in getting books by some of Kenya’s exciting writers at https://smashwords.com/shelves/promos/ for an all time low promotional price.

The books available are Fadhili Ogova’s Gifted; David Maillu’s Kadosa 1: Knocking at Heart, My Dear Bottle, and Push Gen Z Push Harder; and Ogova Ondego’s From Terror to Hope, How to Write on 1001 Subjects!, Stories from Life, and The Braggart’s Day of Reckoning!

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But what are these books about? The Braggart's Day of Reckoning! is a coming of age adventure story revolving around a boy who must confront darkness, sky-clutching trees, octopus-like creepers and man-eating plants as he searches for a cure for his ailing younger sister.

  • How to Write on 1001 Subjects! is a how-to manual that guides any one and everyone how to think logically, coherently and to write clearly and crisply using concise language on just about any subject under human experience;
  • Gifted Ogova is a Fantasy Adventure novel on children with mysterious powers that the world neither understands nor wants to tap;
  • Kadosa 1: Knocking at Heart is a heartbreaking novel of a mysterious fictional woman with clothes like the skin of a chameleon;

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Ogova Ondego wrote How to Write on 1001 Subjects! for anyone who dabbles in structured communication.

  • From Terror to Hope is a historical, action-packed fictional adventure based on the saying, ‘No one shows God to a child’;
  • Push Gen-Z, Push Harder is a novel that revolves around the socio-political protests by Kenya’s younger generation against overtaxation, misgovernance, corruption and impunity that rocked the East African country in June 2024. There possibly cannot be a better way of presenting this Gen-Z revolutionary movement in Kenya than how it has been delivered in this novel. Though the narrative is highly politically charged, the work retains a remarkable literary approach to the struggle for expanded democratic possibilities in the country of 50 million people.
  • Stories from Life is an anthology of prose, poetry and drama based on the premise that history is written not to justify anything but to inform, educate and caution;

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There possibly cannot be a better way of presenting the Gen-Zee revolutionary movement in Kenya than how it has been delivered in this novel by David G Maillu. Though the narrative is highly politically charged, the work retains a remarkable literary approach to the struggle for expanded democratic possibilities.

  • My Dear Bottle is a sharp social criticism delivered in random reflections, “songs” and lamentations by a frustrated city dweller who seeks solace in drinking in the newly socially deformed independent Kenya; and
  • The Braggart’s Day of Reckoning! is a coming of age adventure story revolving around a boy who must confront darkness, sky-clutching trees, octopus-like creepers and man-eating plants as he searches for a cure for his ailing younger sister.

Apart from the Smashwords 2024 End of Year Sale, buyers can also get all these titles from online bookshops and libraries such as Apple Books, OverDrive, Barnes & Noble, Rakuten Kobo, Vivlio, Tolino, BorrowBox and Baker & Taylor.