Stephen Paul West

Arms Stronger Than War: Even if My Heart is Not Stephen Paul West

Publisher Marketing: A woman exists always, but a mother is made only the moment her baby is born. What would you do to save your baby in the horrors of modern war? Prepare for a book that will move you to the core. Kwenda is a woman like no other. Carried away by endless civil wars, and bought and sold by the most powerful warlords in the world. She fights with her heart against men as hard and cold as stones. The events are real, only identities and locations have been changed to protect the innocent. Kwenda, a captured woman of war, represents all the women torn apart in endless wars. Disobedience for them is met with horrible death. These women are not wives, but innocent victims stolen by warlords and kept as slaves. This biographical fiction tells the harrowing tale of such a woman named "Kwenda." Kwenda is a word that means Journey in several dialects. She is the voice of many women crying out as a single, powerful soul. Kwenda's life transcends all the women lost in wars to walk a single heart-breaking journey. Lastly, in the need to protect many people, I changed names, places and created a fictional home country of Niruganya; which is an anagram of many of the countries where genocide have occurred. The reader must understand that many of these injuries are still not fully healed. If I used too accurate a brush to paint this sad story, then I might insight unnecessary violence. The warlords were left with their names intact, so their shame might be evident. Only the innocent were protected.