Synopsis
Amir, having trained for years to carry out his first act of extremism at an airstrip on the outskirts of Nairobi, misses his cue when he witnesses the purest form of innocence in a young Kenyan woman named Iyani. With his faith tested, he faces a profound choice: fulfil his mission, or abandon his brotherhood and cause to save an innocent life.
AMIR is a novel about a heart-rending relationship across belief, and about the price of innocence. Do the innocent deserve pardon? It is about the truths that lie in the spaces beyond religious creed, and the power that indoctrination has on the impressionable. Amir describes the checkered process of rebirth, through the eyes of a self-professed freedom fighter.
'Amir' is an interracial romantic thriller set in Nairobi, following the illicit passion between Amir, a radical extremist on a Jihadi mission, and Iyani, a woman desperate to escape her mundane life. When Amir prepares to execute his long-planned duty, he hesitates upon encountering Iyani—embodiment of innocence. Torn between loyalty to his cause and his unexpected connection, Amir must choose: uphold his extremist oath or risk everything to protect her. This gripping narrative explores the collision of ideology and humanity, leaving readers questioning the true cost of redemption.