Nnewi, the real drive started when got into JSS1 at Nnewi High School. At High School as called it then, Ekene Okoli and Ikeagwuonwu Chinedu and I used to borrow a book each daily from Monday to Thursday and then on Fridays we borrowed 3 each for the weekend to be returned on Monday. It was a healthy ritual and competition that we continued till our JSS3 before we split. Chinedu and I went to a another school that was purely science based. Maybe due to academic work and other side attractions found in an all boys school, we reduced our habit to weekends and holidays.
It was at the beginning of our SSS1 second term, Chinedu came back from holidays and introduced me to some bigger books because as at that time I was just bent on finishing all the James Hardley Chase titles available in Nnewi Market, some local book clubs and from friends too.
He talked me into some bigger titles (300-500pp), I thought they were to big to be finished until I started 'If Tomorrow Comes' by Sydney Sheldon then Jeffery Archers' 'Cain and Abel', 'Shall We tell the President' and Frederick Forsyth's The Negotiator. I became hooked.
It took me not until after secondary school when I laid my hands on 'THE DEVIL'S ALTERNATIVE' by Frederick Forsyth. My best author and my best title of all times. It was actually published the year I was born during the peak of Cold War.
Guys, please find a copy and enjoy this master piece.
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