THE SEER
AN EPIC TALE OF LOVE, BETRAYAL AND HONOUR
· WRITTEN BY PAUL ANTHONY MORRIS · 2005
SYNOPSIS
MTWA has lived the devout life of a Seer for over twenty years.
Through contrition and celibacy Mtwa has successfully tamed the bane of famine, drought, disease and civil war to establish his kingdom as an idyllic paradise in the midst of an unforgiving terrain. One day a stranger overburdened by sorrows enters the village and requests to see the Seer. In his zeal to help the Stranger, Mtwa compromises his vows with devastating effect. The ensuing deaths, fire and floods are thought to be a direct consequence of Mtwa’s abandoning his vows to pursue personal love and friendship. For his betrayal Mtwa is driven from the kingdom in hope that the karmic forces will relent. However, the decline only deepens and the kingdom is forced to find a sacrificial scapegoat to placate the disasters that are afflicting them.
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