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Ego
Tortured to the bone, Treasure Mohapi steps into a world that many haven't seen in Sandton; the new way of life filled with millionaires and quick cash scams doesn't come cheap. The young model seems too naïve for Sandton and her bloodsucking master stops at nothing to prove his power. Treasure finds herself face to face with the devil who controls ministers, doctors and policemen.
A secret society like no other in the history of Africa comes alive once again. As she is drawn into supremacy, the chains of material slavery keep following Treasure and her best friend Lintle Kente. After years of sexual entertainment and high flying, can their master let them go? With the increasing number of dead bodies, drugs and cults, will this love affair prove to be a way of life for many? The wives of the rich and famous have deep, dark roots too.
This bloodcurdling trilogy comes to an end in EGO; after blows and life-changing tragedies that led Treasure into the Devil's den, she finally sees the light. This story of agony hope and resilience will not only open your mind but will pave a way for generations to come.
A secret society like no other in the history of Africa comes alive once again. As she is drawn into supremacy, the chains of material slavery keep following Treasure and her best friend Lintle Kente. After years of sexual entertainment and high flying, can their master let them go? With the increasing number of dead bodies, drugs and cults, will this love affair prove to be a way of life for many? The wives of the rich and famous have deep, dark roots too.
This bloodcurdling trilogy comes to an end in EGO; after blows and life-changing tragedies that led Treasure into the Devil's den, she finally sees the light. This story of agony hope and resilience will not only open your mind but will pave a way for generations to come.
375 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2020
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About the author
Jackie Phamotse
13 books259 followersJackie Phamotse is a writer, businesswoman, social activist and philanthropist.
Her debut novel, BARE I: The Blesser’s Game, was published in 2017 and was awarded the African Icon Literary Award in Lagos, Nigeria, in 2018. Her second book, I Tweet What I Like, was inspired by the late struggle icon Steve Biko’s book, I Write What I Like. Jackie won the 2020 SA Book Awards for Best Fiction for her novel BARE II: The Cradle of The Hockey Club. She was also nominated for a bestselling award by Nielsen BookScan and SAPnet in 2023 for her book Bare IV: Mercy. Google listed Jackie as one of the most searched personalities in South Africa in 2020. She won an award for her Social Activism at the Women of Wonder Awards ceremony in 2020, the same year the Generational Wealth Foundation listed her as one of the most influential educators.
Jackie’s main objective is to create awareness around and find long-term solutions to eradicate social ills. She currently lives in Sandton, South Africa.
Her debut novel, BARE I: The Blesser’s Game, was published in 2017 and was awarded the African Icon Literary Award in Lagos, Nigeria, in 2018. Her second book, I Tweet What I Like, was inspired by the late struggle icon Steve Biko’s book, I Write What I Like. Jackie won the 2020 SA Book Awards for Best Fiction for her novel BARE II: The Cradle of The Hockey Club. She was also nominated for a bestselling award by Nielsen BookScan and SAPnet in 2023 for her book Bare IV: Mercy. Google listed Jackie as one of the most searched personalities in South Africa in 2020. She won an award for her Social Activism at the Women of Wonder Awards ceremony in 2020, the same year the Generational Wealth Foundation listed her as one of the most influential educators.
Jackie’s main objective is to create awareness around and find long-term solutions to eradicate social ills. She currently lives in Sandton, South Africa.
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October 24, 2020
Firstly, I want to send my congratulations to the author. I am happy to have been a part of this journey with her. To see Bare come to an end, I am elated yet sad, because in essence this is just the beginning of the end. I considered each one of the three books gut-wrenching and evil; a fiction that I will forever hope is just that ‘fiction’, but as our children, sisters and brothers go missing; I cannot help but say, ‘what if?’.
I read the last 15 chapters of Bare 3: Ego in one night, because when I started the book, I got afraid. I would often sit and wonder, ‘what is the truth? And what has been exaggerated?’ Shrieking at almost every turn of the page. The book is scary. Not because of the contents in the book, but because of the possibility of the story being someone's real life out there. Maybe not in South Africa, but out there. I have learned so much.
I always thought the books were about how Treasure will conquer her hell. But when I closed Bare 3: Ego, I saw many faces of the characters and how each one conquered some form of hell. And through their experiences, they became a lesson and an opportunity for every person out there. A girl child conquering the injustices set by 'the man' or a woman conquering the standards set by society, or a boy child conquering himself; and together rising and dismantling all the wrongs of the world - not only for one person, but for the millions of young people, women, black men and boys out there.
Bare 3: Ego sees the end of Treasure’s journey and we see her let go of not only the material things that trapped her in this never-ending dark abyss. But we also get an opportunity to see the downfall of the not so great Tim Morgan. I remember when I first imagined Tim Morgan. I immediately looked at my own life, and understood why as people we are so driven to people that seem ‘confident'. The thing is though, we need to learn the difference between confidence and arrogance, the latter should never be considered as power, but rather a weakness. Tim Morgan is the personification of arrogance and, as you think it through and read the book, you realise that Tim Morgan represents patriarchy, autocrat African governments, racist white people, bias media and more than anything our very own weak black men - all of it merged into one.
As you read the book, you begin to learn that people are not as powerful as they seem. It is just a façade, taught only by us as a society to spread fear, and malice. You see it in the corporate world, where our colleagues carry this darkness and and arrogance with them - meant to intimidate or promote self-doubt, or you see it in our men who walk with their shoulders up high and use their fists to scare people because they are trying to distract you from the truth, that nothing exists in their brains or hearts except self inflicted insecurities.
I can only hope that anyone who picks up this book will learn and realise that we are actually only afraid of the unknown. And I know that this will sound like a cliché, but no one can control you unless you give them that power, be it a man, a woman or even our government.
Each one of us are powerful in our own right, we only need to believe in ourselves and trust the journey.
Any way, I will end this review off by saying, be a Treasure and take that step to change your life for the better, it is never too late.
Just a note:
I hope some one out there will see a value in adding the three books as part of our schools curriculum, mainly for teenage girls and boys - only one thing, the author and the publisher should get someone to proof-read the book just one last time.
I read the last 15 chapters of Bare 3: Ego in one night, because when I started the book, I got afraid. I would often sit and wonder, ‘what is the truth? And what has been exaggerated?’ Shrieking at almost every turn of the page. The book is scary. Not because of the contents in the book, but because of the possibility of the story being someone's real life out there. Maybe not in South Africa, but out there. I have learned so much.
I always thought the books were about how Treasure will conquer her hell. But when I closed Bare 3: Ego, I saw many faces of the characters and how each one conquered some form of hell. And through their experiences, they became a lesson and an opportunity for every person out there. A girl child conquering the injustices set by 'the man' or a woman conquering the standards set by society, or a boy child conquering himself; and together rising and dismantling all the wrongs of the world - not only for one person, but for the millions of young people, women, black men and boys out there.
Bare 3: Ego sees the end of Treasure’s journey and we see her let go of not only the material things that trapped her in this never-ending dark abyss. But we also get an opportunity to see the downfall of the not so great Tim Morgan. I remember when I first imagined Tim Morgan. I immediately looked at my own life, and understood why as people we are so driven to people that seem ‘confident'. The thing is though, we need to learn the difference between confidence and arrogance, the latter should never be considered as power, but rather a weakness. Tim Morgan is the personification of arrogance and, as you think it through and read the book, you realise that Tim Morgan represents patriarchy, autocrat African governments, racist white people, bias media and more than anything our very own weak black men - all of it merged into one.
As you read the book, you begin to learn that people are not as powerful as they seem. It is just a façade, taught only by us as a society to spread fear, and malice. You see it in the corporate world, where our colleagues carry this darkness and and arrogance with them - meant to intimidate or promote self-doubt, or you see it in our men who walk with their shoulders up high and use their fists to scare people because they are trying to distract you from the truth, that nothing exists in their brains or hearts except self inflicted insecurities.
I can only hope that anyone who picks up this book will learn and realise that we are actually only afraid of the unknown. And I know that this will sound like a cliché, but no one can control you unless you give them that power, be it a man, a woman or even our government.
Each one of us are powerful in our own right, we only need to believe in ourselves and trust the journey.
Any way, I will end this review off by saying, be a Treasure and take that step to change your life for the better, it is never too late.
Just a note:
I hope some one out there will see a value in adding the three books as part of our schools curriculum, mainly for teenage girls and boys - only one thing, the author and the publisher should get someone to proof-read the book just one last time.
August 13, 2021
I read this last book in the series in 1 day. I am glad Treasure managed to wean herself off the famous Tim.Morgan at the end.
June 22, 2022
Two things, 1) This review is based on the assumption that it was supposed to be the last book of the franchise. 2) While this book is fiction and based on real-life events, the review judges the book from a fiction book standpoint.
Review: Dissapointed by the ending. The climax of the book does not feature our main character. Assuming the climax is supposed to be the "downfall" of Tim. While Tim is being taken down our main character is off in the mountains recovering from her past life. Good for her, bad for the story.
Talking about the "downfall" of Tim, are you telling me that the man who is the most powerful man who has tabs on everyone was taken down by telling him that his kids are not actually his kids? The doctor states that he is infertile, however in the prior book, or the first one not sure which, he was able to get Treasure pregnant and forced her to have an abortion. The man who easily kills kids and forces women to abort babies is taken down by him learning that he is not the father? The books made little effort in showing us that he cared for his kids. We do not see him building meaningful relationships with his kids. From reading the books, we get the perception that he does not care about kids at all. THIS man, was taken down by him knowing that he is not the father? Nah, this was a disappointing ending for me. While the main character did get her life back together, the story was just unsatisfactory.
However, from an educational point of view, people reading the books will get the message that the author is trying to address, or at least I hope they do.
I'm off to read the fourth book. Hopefully, it will be better.
Review: Dissapointed by the ending. The climax of the book does not feature our main character. Assuming the climax is supposed to be the "downfall" of Tim. While Tim is being taken down our main character is off in the mountains recovering from her past life. Good for her, bad for the story.
Talking about the "downfall" of Tim, are you telling me that the man who is the most powerful man who has tabs on everyone was taken down by telling him that his kids are not actually his kids? The doctor states that he is infertile, however in the prior book, or the first one not sure which, he was able to get Treasure pregnant and forced her to have an abortion. The man who easily kills kids and forces women to abort babies is taken down by him learning that he is not the father? The books made little effort in showing us that he cared for his kids. We do not see him building meaningful relationships with his kids. From reading the books, we get the perception that he does not care about kids at all. THIS man, was taken down by him knowing that he is not the father? Nah, this was a disappointing ending for me. While the main character did get her life back together, the story was just unsatisfactory.
However, from an educational point of view, people reading the books will get the message that the author is trying to address, or at least I hope they do.
I'm off to read the fourth book. Hopefully, it will be better.
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July 17, 2022
This is such a great book has so much knowledge and you learn knew things
August 30, 2022
Mind opening. Great book.
November 11, 2022
Wow!!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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