‘Havoc of Choice’, a new book that mirrors the 2007 post-poll chaos

Havoc of Choice mirrors the 2007 post-election violence [Photo: Courtesy]

Kavata has spent her life suffocated by political machinations. When her husband decides to go into politics, the shadows of family conspiracies and political intrigues bedevil her home. Being a daughter of a corrupt politician, she can hardly imagine what will happen if her husband Ngugi, who has the support of his fathers-in-law, their children and the rest of their extended family, will turn the family into.

This overweighing burden of a family falling apart is too much to bear. And so, Kavata resolves to escape and seek refuge in another country. Then as anticipated, violence breaks out, every family member is on their own and a nation is torn apart. By the time the family gets back together after post-election violence, they have to wade through a landscape of nationwide confusion, desperation and heart-rending loss as they seek to heal the scars.