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Taona Dumisani Chiveneko is the author of ‘The Hangman’s Replacement’ series. The Zimbabwean citizen was born either between the Zambezi and the Limpopo rivers, or along the road which runs from Mutare to Hwange. Mr. Chiveneko has refused to confirm which option is true. He is also equally circumspect about his age, which he has pegged at: ‘More than ten, but less than a hundred-years-old.’

Mr. Chiveneko is widely regarded as the most anti-social African author. He is rumoured to have based the Luxon Hurudza character on himself. Even as a child, Mr. Chiveneko was not personable. The boy ignored anyone who tried to start a conversation with him. This behaviour won him the nickname, ‘Hombarume’, the Shona word for ‘hunter’. According to the v Taona Dumisani Chiveneko is the author of ‘The Hangman’s Replacement’ series. The Zimbabwean citizen was born either between the Zambezi and the Limpopo rivers, or along the road which runs from Mutare to Hwange. Mr. Chiveneko has refused to confirm which option is true. He is also equally circumspect about his age, which he has pegged at: ‘More than ten, but less than a hundred-years-old.’

Mr. Chiveneko is widely regarded as the most anti-social African author. He is rumoured to have based the Luxon Hurudza character on himself. Even as a child, Mr. Chiveneko was not personable. The boy ignored anyone who tried to start a conversation with him. This behaviour won him the nickname, ‘Hombarume’, the Shona word for ‘hunter’. According to the village elder who gave him the name, the young Taona was destined to spend his entire life hunting for a sense of social etiquette. The elder’s prediction turned out to be wrong. The boy never embarked on the quest at all. As a recluse, he spent his life hunting for something else: solitude.

Mr. Chiveneko is rumoured to live in a remote location with a hypertensive pangolin, three shrews, and a termite colony (enclosed in a large glass tank). He is also the half-proud owner of two cats. Apparently, he only loves one of them, but is compelled to keep them both. The creatures are inseparable companions.

In fact, when Mr. Chiveneko sold the cat he did not like, the remaining one went on a three day hunger strike. Eventually, Mr. Chiveneko was forced to buy back the tubby feline for thrice the price he had sold it. As a miser, this incident was highly traumatic for him. This unusual sacrifice for another living creature reflects a tender side of this enigmatic writer. Nevertheless, that part of the man is very small indeed.

During the only interview he has ever granted, Mr. Chiveneko confessed that his childhood dream was to become a taxidermist. However, this ambition was shattered when he realized that taxidermy had nothing to do with replacing the bodywork of taxi cabs. In grief, he bought a diary and vented his sorrow on its pages with a feather quill. The experience was refreshing. Through tragedy, he found his calling. The rest is history. To this day, he still writes with feather quills that he picks up along a popular flight path of migrating geese.

There are only two pictures of Mr. Chiveneko in existence. Neither image portrays his features clearly. In the first, he wears a thick scarf to hide a recurring case of mumps. He is also wearing an ill-fitting hat that he bought at a second-hand store thirty-two years ago.

The second image is a drawing of the author’s alter-ego. The picture depicts the mournful face of an unnamed man with thick dreadlocks. When asked whether this face was a self-portrait, Mr. Chiveneko said it was not. The face came to him during a dream in his youth. For reasons he cannot explain, he felt a strong and instinctive bond with it. ‘I felt like it was an alternative expression of me.

Mr. Chiveneko only communicates with the wider world through his long suffering lawyer. Any demonstration of courtesy expressed in his novels, (including the acknowledgements), are the work of his tireless legal representative. ...more

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THE HANGMAN’S REPLACEMENT: VULTUREMAN (BOOK 2) EXTRACT

THE HARONI BUS

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The brave and the desperate can be distinguished by the choices they face in times of peril. The former will confront danger despite the existence of safer alternatives. The latter only do so because reality has eliminated all other options. But when courage and desperation consummate in the same heart, they give birth to a resolve that meets the minimum qualification

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“Your eyes betray a sadness that only a worthy man can conjure, but never solve”
― Taona Dumisani Chiveneko, Sprout of Disruption

tags: africa, mystrey, paranormal, suspense, thriller, zimbabwe

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“Every good story starts with a simple premise. This one begins with the notion of survival. The determination to live is both instinctive and ferocious. It often encourages compromise with evil. Only the Devil ever benefits from such a bargain.”
― Taona Dumisani Chiveneko, Sprout of Disruption

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“... the poor always live on debt. At this point, time is the only thing I still have the credibility to borrow.”
― Taona Dumisani Chiveneko, Sprout of Disruption

tags: africa, hangman, mystrey, paranormal, seduction, thriller, zimbabwe

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Taona’s Quotes

“He had the muscular definition of a man who had spent his life restraining elephants in heat.”
― Taona Dumisani Chiveneko, Sprout of Disruption

tags: mystrey, paranormal-fiction, suspense, thriller

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“Nothing prepares you for hiring a person whose only contribution to the workforce will be killing people!”
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tags: african, mystrey, paranormal, suspense-thriller

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“Your eyes betray a sadness that only a worthy man can conjure, but never solve”
― Taona Dumisani Chiveneko, Sprout of Disruption

tags: africa, mystrey, paranormal, suspense, thriller, zimbabwe

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“I appreciate the gesture, but you don't have to undress in order to apologize”
― Taona Dumisani Chiveneko, Sprout of Disruption

tags: mystrey, paranromal, suspense, thriller

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“.... does a fair trial necessarily amount to a fair outcome?”
― Taona Dumisani Chiveneko, Sprout of Disruption

tags: africa, hangman, mystrey, paranormal, thriller, zimbabwe

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message 6: by Taona

Sep 08, 2013 02:53PM

Vera wrote: "really enjoed reading this book!"

Thanks, Vera. I hope you enjoy the next one too.

Regards,

Taona

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message 5: by Taona

Sep 08, 2013 02:51PM

Squire wrote: "Congratualations on how your book has been recieved so far!"

Thanks, Squire! Just saw this. I am glad the story as gaining traction. Working away on Book 2. It goes slow but well.

Regards,

Taona

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message 4: by Vera

Sep 08, 2013 12:33PM