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One of the most powerful, dramatic and emotionally charged novels the world has ever seen about modern Africa. A story of love, faith, disappointment and survival in the face of war. It's about moral responsibility, the end of colonialism, ethnic loyalty, class and race - and how love can complicate it all.

The half yellow sun in the centre of a red, black and green flag symbolises the glorious future of Biafra, a young state in southeastern Nigeria that fought for independence in the late 1960s. Five Biafrans - Ugwu, a rural teenager, Professor Odenibo, a revolutionary professor, Richard, a British expatriate, and Olanna and Kainani, dissimilar twins - live during a time of war. They love, betray, discuss politics, flee from shelling, find themselves, lose loved ones, and despite everything believe in victory. The author successfully combines the intimate stories of the characters with the general political context of the war and the fate of Nigeria.