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Assassins in the Cathedral: Festo Kivengere by Dave and Neta Jackson
Assassins in the Cathedral: Festo Kivengere by Dave and Neta Jackson
Stand alone novel
Summary:
With the help of Uganda’s famous evangelist Festo Kivengere, Yacobo Kabaza and his family move to the Ugandan capital, Kampala, where Yacobo’s father will be the new driver for Archbishop Luwum. As part of the cathedral’s upcoming Centennial celebration, the archbishop asks Yacobo, an aspiring author, to write a play about the legendary three boys who became Uganda’s first Christian martyrs. The young teenager is thrilled.
However, the growing reign of terror of General Idi Amin and his "Special Forces," who falsely suspect the church of helping the rebels, overshadows Yacobo’s excitement. When the archbishop doesn’t return from a meeting with Amin, officials claim he died in a "car accident." Kivengere is forced to flee the country. But the church bravely goes on with preparations for the Centennial, and Yacobo’s play begins rehearsals, with his brother, Blasio, playing the youngest martyr. As the Special Forces circle closer, and the legend of the martyrs becomes alarmingly real, will Yacobo have the strength to survive?
Faced with death, their weapon is love.
However, the growing reign of terror of General Idi Amin and his "Special Forces," who falsely suspect the church of helping the rebels, overshadows Yacobo’s excitement. When the archbishop doesn’t return from a meeting with Amin, officials claim he died in a "car accident." Kivengere is forced to flee the country. But the church bravely goes on with preparations for the Centennial, and Yacobo’s play begins rehearsals, with his brother, Blasio, playing the youngest martyr. As the Special Forces circle closer, and the legend of the martyrs becomes alarmingly real, will Yacobo have the strength to survive?
Faced with death, their weapon is love.
Opening Lines:
Yacobo Kabaza pushed his way through the crowd that was slowly winding its way like a lazy snake through the streets of Kabale. The fourteen-year-old looked this way and that in growing frustration. It was just like his little brother to disappear in the middle of the Good Friday parade! Always goofing off--even on a solemn occasion like today! And where was he supposed to look for him? Yacobo didn't know whether ten-year-old Blasio had dropped back to be with some of his friends or had run ahead.
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