Sky-Birds & Ravishers

This is a crime thriller set in a dark and violent time in Durban, South Africa. Sosobala (Soso) Nozulu , is a 21 year old convict - gang member of the 26s - in the notorious Westville Prison. He forms a relationship with a new young inmate, Madabula, who's cocky. When Madubula is raped by Chopper – the 26s gang leader, Soso charges in. He’s immediately overwhelmed. The rape continues. The warden ,Montie,sends him to solitary, for a week, for failing to reveal the culprits. he guilt of his failures tortures him as he tries to cope around the tiny walls. Soso is out of solitary. Chopper summons him to the chambers. He is about to be punished when he is momentarily saved. Chopper has not finished with him yet. At the cafeteria, Soso is provoked by one of Choppers lieutenants. He leaves him bloodied. But then the prison wardens pounce on him, leaving him unconscious. Soso wakes up in hospital, angry and sad. Madubula pays him a surprise visit. Soso tells him of the guilt he feels inside. And then Madubula breaks the news: he has contracted HIV/AIDS. He urges Soso to take revenge for him. Days later, Madubula dies in a hospital bed. Soso decides that the only way to redemption is to kill Choppe and assume the throne. He buys himself some more time to make a knife. Soso is released from hospital. He enters the cell. He has calculated it in his head. But his attempt to kill Chopper is hindered by his lieutenants. The only way to end this, Chopper proposes a duel , barbaric , according to the gang's number lore. The duel commences, suddenly Chopper has the knife. He toys with him. Madubula's face in a hospital bed resurfaces. He digs deeper, and manages to overpower Chopper. He plunges the knife in the neck, leaving him lifeless. Montie is livid, he suspects him, but no one is talking. Soso assumes the position of being a gang leader. He exercises his authority, and gains a reputation for being not just ruthless, but a monster. Soso knows that he has kissed his parole review goodbye when Montie’s testimony indicates that no programs could rehabilitate him. He gets a long awaited visit from his old friend, Duke, who proposes drug trafficking. But in order for it to be administered without any hindrances, Soso takes out the gang leader of the 28s, who controls half of the entire prison drug trafficking. His cell receives a new young inmate. He notices a familiar pattern with the late Madubula. The young inmate is naive and cocky. Hence he rebukes him. But small acts of kindness from the young inmate, begins to soften him up. Soso receives an unexpected visitor: It is Sandy, his long lost sweetheart. She breaks the news that his mother had stroke, and later died in hospital. She has something more to say, but is tongue-tide. Soso’s plan for killing the 28 gang leader has backfired; the 28s want revenge. Soso must issue a directive to attack, but has lost the will to live. Soso does something unexpected, giving himself up to the 28s. As they pounce on him, his guilt about the death of his father; the death of his childhood friend, Boyi; the death of Madubula; the passing of his mother...he finally accepts responsibility. -- Publisher's description.

• | Author: Musa Kheswa
• | Publisher: Digital on Demand
• | Publication Date: July 01, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 214 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 062086138X
• | ISBN-13: 9780620861380