WSPD (Weapon of Single Person Destruction)

Uche Nwakudu
Author House (2006)
ISBN 1425922139
Reviewed by William Phenn for Reader Views (6/06)

“WSPD” can be called a Nigerian James Bond thriller. Uche Nwakudu is a writer for the new age. His experience as a journalist, magazine editor, and publisher living in Nigeria, must have been his inspiration for this exciting read. Having also written drama and movie scripts, his talent is exemplified in “WSPD”. A multi-talented author who is also an attorney, Mr. Nwakudu now resides in the United States.

Dramatic and thought provoking is the best way to describe this thrilling book.
From the first chapter to the last, “WSPD” will keep you glued to its pages.
A man (Professor Obidodo) declares himself God and proposes to remake the world. How he does this, becomes of great interest to four foreign governments. This is the story of this physicist and his “Weapon of Single Person Destruction”.

Four powerful nations, Britain, China, Russia and the United States all fear God, as Professor Obidodo calls himself. They all want the professor and will go to any length to get him. They even go as far as to pay billions of dollars to an unscrupulous general (General Yayisa) to deliver the professor to them. General Yayisa is a greedy man and has many tricks up his sleeve. He formulates a plan to kidnap the professor and turn him over to the highest bidder. How he does this and what perils he encounters make “WSPD” a fast paced adventure. General Yayisa is hunted by terrorists at the same time he is spied on by the Americans. He must watch his back around every corner of a very corrupt Nigerian and the Americans, Chinese, Russians and Brits watching his every move. From religious teachings we are taught that, “God is everywhere”. Remember that when you read “WSPD”, it has a thriller of an ending.

“WSPD”  I thought was a very well written book with a lot of detail paid to the characters, maybe even to the point of too deep. I appreciated a little background on the story and characters, but when you jump back to the past after almost every chapter of the present, it can get a little boring. Having said this, I still consider it a very interesting book and gave it an A rating.

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