The story of Ejiofo: a young man from the precolonial community of Emedike. Having returned from his maternal home, he met his homeland in a very bad shape: the gods have decided to deal with his people because of the evils of a bad ruler. He overlooked all family bottle necks and went ahead to bring back the glory of his fatherland. This dragged him through near-death experiences as he passed through nknown lands where he met dangerous animals in his march to get the object that was required for sacrifice to appease the gods.