Cry of the Justice Bird
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| Cry of the Justice Bird | |
| Author | Jonathan Haylett |
|---|---|
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | PaperBooks |
| Publication date | 2007 |
| ISBN | ISBN 978-0-9551094-8-5 |
Cry of the Justice Bird is the 2007 novel written by Jon Haylett. It is an action/adventure thriller based in the fictional African state of Boromundi. Born and raised in Africa and educated in England, the author Jon Haylett gave up teaching in Africa to live in a remote part of Northwest Scotland and pursue writing. Haylett relied solely on the internet in sending his manuscripts to publishers. Cry of the Justice Bird was picked up by Essex’s PaperBooks who signed Haylett to a three-book deal.
[edit] Plot summary
In an Africa ravaged by civil war, two women are pulled from a minibus, and are raped and mutilated. Armstrong MacKay, one of the dead women’s lover, enters the country to bring her body home. During the festivities of her African wake, Mackay finds out the truth behind her violent death from the other woman’s husband. Faced with Africa’s weaken government and the ineffective Boromundi legal system, the two men decide to take justice in their own hands and seek out the murders for themselves. Kisasi, the Justice Bird, cries out as the men set out to execute the killers.
