Publisher's Synopsis
Vince Kunda, moves out of the shadowy world of espionage and subterfuge into that of crime as he travels to the small mining town of Kalulushi on the Copperbelt after hearing of the death of an acquaintance. The death was supposedly by a car accident, but the news is brought to his attention by two floaters with Zambian Intelligence, Groovy Joe and Chris 'Kimsey' Lusambo. That starts alarm bells ringing in his head because the two had recently fled from Zambia into the Democratic Republic of Congo with the police on their backs after they had committed a series of serious crimes. The two rarely operates within the confinements of the law. Vince suspects that the car accident may not have actually been an accident, and he finds plenty of reasons to believe so when he hits town. In Kalulushi, he finds the disturbing influence of a self proclaimed, self ordained prophet called Benson Chali, also known as the Supreme One, who receives 'revelations' and sees 'visions' after sniffing on genkem, a highly toxic gas produced by mixing petrol and glue. Vince however suspects the man to be nothing but a con artist out to make a quick buck. Vince has also got to ignore the attention of the local agents from Counter Intelligence, who spring into action as soon as he is spotted in town. However, most disturbing is the fear that maybe Chu Chu Fumbei, who had fled the country with Groovy Joe and Chris 'Kimsey', may have had a hand in the fatal accident. He was, after all, a regular visitor to the Bwalya residence, despite being known to be an international criminal wanted by the United Nations for having committed atrocities in the eastern Congo. There is also Stephania Bwalya, the sister to the deceased and a wife to a former minister who Vince had helped flee Zimbabwe on the eve of the military coup that brought down the government, except that she has now ungratefully forgotten whatever help he had rendered to her. Having stayed so long in the dark murky world of spies, he is fully aware that taking things at face value may not be such a good idea, not with Chu Chu Fumbei hovering about in the background.
