The Eager Apprentice

by Chris Elgood

The third of three books describing the progress of Nshila Ileloka from birth in a remote African village to success, status and power in England. A junior government minister learns of terrorist actvity planned by an above-reproach foreign diplomat. His own status is so low that he knows he will never be believed and he feels compelled to take personal action. He is led to Nshila Ileloka, consultant assassin, who has recently taken on an apprentice. Her plans, employing both witchcraft and technology, are sometimes helped and sometimes hindered by the over-eager and adventurous apprentice.

256 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 10, 2011

About the author

Chris Elgood saw a witchcraft trial in Africa in 1957 and was delighted by the way witchdoctors adapted western technology. (The Kalilozi Gun). This interest lay dormant for many years till his Handbook of Management Games (Gower 1997) was acclaimed.