Ndem's story is one of luck, fate, and happenstance. It is also, one of drive, intention, and choice. We are introduced to a shy, personable character who undergoes the trauma of ethnic and religiously motivated violence. His story (and that of his family) unfolds as he coasts into young adulthood and serves as an exposé for the system and society into which he is [...] finds himself thrust into favorable positions, but eventually, he must make a choice between simply relying on the goodwill of the universe and becoming intentional, even if the consequences are not apparently or immediately agreeable. We track him through an almost twenty-year period, as he journeys through his own divided, unsettled nation to the UK by sheer luck. The varying socio-political backdrops serve to anchor a character and investigate the effect of different environments and challenges on his perceived limits and [...] work promises unpredictable twists and turns, with opportunities camouflaged as obstacles as well as pathways leading off to unknown [...] is a story about the power of purpose and the part that life itself plays in supporting deliberate choices to achieve ambition. It also reviews the concept of collective culpability while arguing for the necessity and inevitability of being deliberate, at least occasionally, and the reminder that there are always consequences for all choices we make.