Kirjahaku

Sudden and unexpected, striking like a thief in the night and shaking the very foundation of a beloved country. No one was prepared for such a tragedy, nor could anyone envision the magnitude of such a wide-scale disaster. Its impact reverberated across the country. Its repercussions spread like ripples across the small island of Jamaica as its citizens mourned.Can these fearful residences ever return to the peace and tranquility that they lived with for so long, or will the train wreck continue forever on the tracks of disaster? The answer to this mystery could very well lie in the past, in the hidden, untold story of a dearly departed member of this close-knit community, his terrible secret, and a community chasm of shame.

Kidnapped from his African homeland, Tunkey survived the horrors of the Middle Passage and was forced to endure a life of servitude and bondage on a Sugar Plantation on the island of Jamaica. Throughout the terrors of plantation life, Tunkey had the will to survive. However, when they brutalized the person closest to him on the estate and sent him far away, Tunkey lost all hope.A fortuitous encounter at the Estate Great House was to change the trajectory of Tunkey's life and propelled him into the arms of Mizzy and unto a forbidden love. Somehow, amid pain and suffering, love had claimed his heart and given him a reason for hope. No longer would he be alone. But what was their destiny? Would Tunkey's newfound optimism and self-confidence also lead to deadly consequences?Could Tunkey's and Mizzy's love for each other withstand the realities of life on the plantation, or would the forces of evil intrude on their idealism and give them no other alternative but to run for their lives? Ultimately, faced with two choices, unspeakable cruelty, and separation, or DEATH? Where would the pendulum swing?