Virgin Island

About the Book

Virgin Island is a romantic fiction, which represents a book within a book. Two passengers – a male and a female meet on board a plane flying from the Lungi International Airport in Freetown, Sierra Leone to London and then from London to China. The female passenger is eager to share the romantic novel ‘‘Virgin Island’’ with someone. Luckily, she succeeds in luring the male passenger into listening to her read the whole book throughout their flight until they reach their destination. Virgin Island revolves around two main characters. They are a handsome and generous British Colonial District Commissioner of Virgin Island, named Teddy Bear and a young indigenous diva, Lucy, affectionately known as the Queen of Virgin Island. After years of rollercoaster life, the DC finally finds the love of his life in Lucy on this most beautiful and popular island in the Southern region of Sierra Leone. In less than a year, unbelievably, the couple marry marked by a display of wealth, pomp and pageant but their relationship suffers frustration due to anxieties and worries over childbearing setbacks. Amidst all the drama, independence comes to Sierra Leone; DC Teddy Bear’s period of engagement on Virgin Island is over. The anxiety and drama escalates. Will the DC take Lucy with him to England or not? The story ends happily when the couple eventually leave for England. Naturally as the two passengers enjoy the book throughout their flight, they too, like the two main characters in the book are fated. Will they too fall in love on their journey or when they get to their destination in China? If it happens, is it by chance, did fate intervene? This is the climax of Virgin Island.

About the Author

This is the fifth book Dr. Michael Nicolas Wundah has written in four years. This one is significant because it represents a departure from the usual genres he relishes so much, which are political satire and biography. It has to be said that this attempt at writing a romantic novel is remarkable for it underscores his pedigree as a prolific and versatile writer. Dr Wundah is a Senior Lecturer at the Lambeth Further Education College in London, United Kingdom. His extracurricular activities include examiner for one of the main examination boards in England and Wales- EDEXCEL. He examines English Language, English Literature and Government and Politics papers at O and A Levels. He is Founder and Director of the Academic and Creative Writing Consortium in South East London, U K, through which he conducts Seminars, Talks, Private Tuitions, Presentation Skills, Consultancy and Workshops in Poetry, Comparative Literature, Creative Writing, Essay and Dissertation Writing and Black History. He also contributes articles to online academic journals, local newspapers in Sierra Leone on politics, education, Socio-economic Development and Creative Writing. He is currently engaged in collaborative Creative Writing projects with the Sierra Leone Pen, a sister organisation of Pen International. Dr Wundah is married with two children and they live in South East London, UK.