bMy favorite novel. --Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie pA magical writer--one of the greatest of the twentieth century. --Margaret Atwood pAfrican literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe. --Toni Morrison pThe second novel in Chinua Achebe's masterful African trilogy, following iThings Fall Aparti and preceding iNo Longer at Easeib pWhen iThings Fall Aparti ends, colonial rule has been introduced to Umuofia, and the character of the nation, its values, freedoms, religious and socio-political foundations have substantially and irrevocably been altered. iArrow of God, ithe second novel in Chinua Achebe's iThei iAfrican Trilogyi, moves the historical narrative forward. This time, the action revolves around Ezeulu, the headstrong chief priest of the god Ulu, which is worshipped by the six villages of Umuaro. The novel is a meditation on the nature, uses, and responsibility of power and leadership. Ezeulu finds that his authority is increasingly under threat from