When Onome’s father dies, she reunites with her siblings and mother in Nigeria for the funeral. Onome is thrown into the depths of various uncomfortable customs and meddling religious figures until her father’s sister utters careless words that upend everything. As Onome struggles to accept the reality of her father’s death, she finds herself on a path of discovery leading towards an unsettling truth: a man can be more than one thing, and the man in question may be her father.

It’s Ife’s dream wedding – until her new husband Ade is arrested for murder. His missing ex, Cynthia, has been found dead on the Dorset coast. Case closed: it’s always the ex, right? But did Ade kiss, marry – and kill? One person hopes the truth never comes out.

Natalie has only ever wanted to find “the one.” But each time she thinks she’s finally found the perfect man, she’s bitterly disappointed. Then along comes James—wonderful, handsome James—and Natalie thinks her luck has finally turned. But the harder Natalie tries to be a “normal” wife, the more world-upending truths are brought to her door, leaving her unsure of who she really is, and much less what she’ll do . . . leaving her to question whether there is a monster within her or whether there is a villain toying with her from the outside.

Yrsa is bored of her PhD program, bored of her research on Afropessimism, bored of the entitled undergrads she has to cater to. But most of all, she’s bored of the men in her life—especially the bad ones. When her best friend, Nina, confesses to having an affair with her professor, and that he’s stolen her research, Yrsa is mad. On the quad, Yrsa bumps into the professor and witnesses his death: an unfortunate incident involving his San Pellegrino and a bee allergy. What she sees that afternoon awakens something in her: a taste for murder.

Ezeani is no ordinary child. He sees things others don’t. Despite the burden of these visions, Ezeani grows up to be a gifted mathematician and physicist. When he leaves Nigeria and his adoring family behind to study at Cornell in the US, he remains haunted by his most persistent vision, Anyanwu, the Sun God. While Ezeani is adjusting to his new life in America, Anyanwu’s presence takes on an increasingly sinister and malevolent form – and chaos reigns. It’s enough to make anyone lose their grip on reality.