The consequence - Makonnen Gebreigzi

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Résumé :
Emperor Haile Selassie was revered as the Messiah by so many people around the world. For almost half a century, he ruled his country quite peacefully until he was smothered to death in 1975. Shortly after his death, strange things began to happen in Ethiopia: civil unrest, mass detention and executions, and war. It appeared as if a powerful spirit was out for vengeance. The CONSEQUENCE is a story of a family in a constant battle to survive the mayhem of the post-Haile Selassie era. ... An Eritrean guerilla fighter in a perilous rescue mission to save his brother from execution... the bloody war in Eritrea.... the barbarous Red Terror in Ethiopia... the harsh torture and extrajudicial killing in the prisons... revolution and counter-revolution, high-level conspiracy and elaborate deceptions, coup de ta and dictatorship, ... amidst all this turmoil, young Daniel has fallen in love and desires nothing but to live and love in peace.

Biographie:
Makonnen is a civil engineer in the field of electronic and solar energy technology. In his leisure time, he writes novels and screenplays, and at times translates books. He lives in Stockholm since the late '70s. He has three daughters who also live in Sweden