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One Leg on Earth

Pages
198
Published
2026
Language
English

Synopsis

In Lagos, a young woman named Yosoye Bakare navigates an unexpected pregnancy while working for a firm developing Omi City — a controversial luxury enclave built on reclaimed land.

As she grapples with her uncertain future, the city is gripped by a terrifying pattern: expectant mothers are walking into open water and drowning in what seems to be a wave of suicides.

Caught between corporate cover-ups, haunting visions of the dead women, and an unsettling figure at work who calls these deaths acts of self-possession rather than tragedy, Yosoye must confront whether her own fate is tied to the waters beneath the city's new construction.

How it reads

Prose complexity 7/10
Content warnings (1)
Suicide

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