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A searing political allegory in the tradition of Chinua Achebe and Ayi Kwei Armah In the fictional nation of Ufalme wa Kondoo-the Kingdom of Sheep-the citizens have learned to graze without looking up, to vote without choosing, and to trust a shepherd whose appetite knows no limits. Mtu is a civil servant who has spent nineteen years perfecting the art of invisibility. He pushes papers at the Ministry of Grass, drinks tea that tastes like rust and regret, and has long since stopped believing that anything will ever change. He is, in every way that matters, asleep. Then a photograph crosses his desk. Asha Kondoo-a young woman with dangerous eyes and an even more dangerous secret-has captured something on video that could bring down the President himself. Something so horrifying that even those who have seen it cannot quite believe what they witnessed. Now she is running, and the government's secret police-the Mbwa wa Siri, the Dogs-are hunting her. When Mtu is tasked with finding Asha, he expects another meaningless assignment. Instead, he discovers a truth that will shatter everything he thought he knew about his country, his leaders, and himself. Because in Ufalme wa Kondoo, the shepherd doesn't love the sheep. He loves mutton.

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