Sounds of the Drums.

by Naa Shalman

Overview

Rama and her children suffer at the hands of her abusive husband until his untimely death frees them from his tyrannical reign over their lives. Just as the women are taking their first breaths of independence, though, tradition demands that Rama immediately marry another – a warrior known only as The Dragon and who is an even more frightening man than the one she has just buried. Her new husband, Bediako, arrives on the doorstep of her bedchamber to claim the woman whom he has secretly loved since his youth. Unfortunately, their tenuous union is interrupted when Bediako is called away to save the maidens of their village who have been captured by a warring tribe. The journey afar to battle the terrifying Cursed Tribe may not succeed in the young women's safe return but will certainly end in the death of some of their brave rescuers. Rama is left to reflect on her new husband and search her heart to uncover his true intentions towards her and her own towards him. Is he just a means by which she and her children may continue to survive? Or, could this be the pure love she has always yearned for?

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011331039
Publisher:	Naa Shalman
Publication date:	03/31/2011
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	459 KB

About the Author

I think that throughout my life I have been storing experiences for a purpose. My birth and early childhood in Ghana, the transition to a new life in England, my education that has culminated (so far) in a degree in Education and Community Development and a Master's in Public Administration. The birth of my three children and everything in between –all of these wonderful experiences have been used to fulfil my life-long desire - to become a writer.

My passion for writing about relationships is equalled by my passion for reading about them and although I enjoy reading anything and everything; my favourite novels will always be those that reflect real life. I have been asked many times why I read and write so much and my answer is always the same - to escape. I can create an entire world in my head where I live with many fictional couples, suffering their trials and experiencing their triumphs. Like them our life journey is never carefree and rosy, but it is real and every challenge along the journey that we have taken was ours to accept and ours to overcome. I believe that every experience in life provides an opportunity to re-mould ourselves and our spirits; my experiences have certainly been so and I look forward to a future filled with more of them.

My characters' situations are not smoothed by privilege and luxury; rather, they are defined by the unique challenges and routine obstacles of life. Like me, my heroes and heroines find meaningful victory in the power of love, faith and perseverance.

As a writer I hope my words will build a bridge across the cultural lacuna that grows deeper as our world continues to shrink. I want to share stories from other continents through characters steeped in centuries old traditions and beliefs as they make their way through our modern-day global community. My aim is to make my stories reflect real life experience, while retaining the subtle promise of a fairy tale. I look forward to my future as a successful author in which my readers are continually exposed to different cultures and some new and old social issues. Most of all, I want my writing to evoke a real sense of emotion in my readers, making them fume at injustice, share in sadness, understand and relate to new perspectives, laugh in appreciation of human nature and where possible end with a smile.