Description

On 21st September 2013, four masked gunmen attacked the WESTGATE MALL in Nairobi's Westlands area. Westlands is an upmarket suburb of Kenya's capital,. Nairobi. What followed was several days of total horror in which as many as 70 people were killed. The attack was generally blamed on Muslim extremism and it was neither the first, nor the last.

ST MARYAN SEVEN AND THE WESTGATE RESCUE is a fictional enactment of this horror story. It fictionally examines what the victims might have gone through by recreating the horrors of this capture and hostage situation that lasted for quite some time. This story examines the root of such extremism and guides the youth on speaking out and agitating against such extremism. It is also a girls' hero story that encourages not only students in general but girls in particular.

The SECOND narrative in the continuing ST MARYAN SEVEN SERIES, the novel tells the story of two students caught in the melee of the capture/abduction and how the girls help in speaking up against terrorism. It is a MUST READ for the youth in a world constantly faced with extremism of all sorts.