Akụkọ

In Igbo culture, pythons are revered by some as bearers of ancestral spirits and symbols of goodwill. In some villages today, they remain sacred, and killing one requires giving it a burial as if it were human.

But what happens when a baby is discovered next to the ruptured belly of a dead python? The native priest demands the child for sacrifice, calling it a divine retribution. The Christian priest sees a saviour who has slain evil incarnate and claims the child for the church.

The reader, however, knows more: this baby was a shoddily aborted five-month-old foetus, discarded improperly with bio-waste, in a dump close to a python's hole.

What follows is a gripping collision of tradition, religion, and science. Is the child a result of a weird chemical reaction—or divine intervention?

As the child grows, her mysterious reptilian powers make her both feared and hunted. Caught between a re-emerged parent, a society that shuns her, a vengeful community, and those who seek to exploit her abilities, she fights to uncover her identity. This is a thrilling tale of survival, self-discovery, and resilience—an electrifying journey through the depths of taboo, faith, and the extraordinary.

Release date: 2026