The shadows of war, death, and life itself loom large in this second novel by the award-winning author of Bones. Inspired by two young lovers who opted for death instead of life, Shadows tells the story of innocents caught in a world where people have little control over their own lives. Constrained by poverty and harsh colonial laws, the lovers struggle to survive in a barren land and cope with the conflicting demands of a liberation war in which death is a brutal reality.
The shadows of war, death, and life itself loom large in this second novel by the award-winning author of Bones. Inspired by two young lovers who opted for death instead of life, Shadows tells the story of innocents caught in a world where people have little control over their own lives. Constrained by poverty and harsh colonial laws, the lovers struggle to survive in a barren land and cope with the conflicting demands of a liberation war in which death is a brutal reality.