When Alexander begins to ask questions Comfortville was never built to answer, he is drawn toward a truth more unsettling than he imagined: that comfort can conceal captivity, and that a life shaped for him by others may have come at the cost of freedom, identity, and inheritance.

The Name That Echoes is a work of literary fiction with a dystopian backbone, rooted in the cultural traditions and philosophical sensibilities of the Tiv people of Nigeria. It is a novel of identity, memory, inheritance, and awakening. A story about what is taken from us slowly and without announcement, and what it costs to reclaim it.

Written with philosophical depth and emotional restraint, The Name That Echoes will appeal to readers drawn to literary fiction that lingers beyond the final page.

Kenneth Chivir Shenge is a Nigerian-born author of Tiv heritage writing from Rockville, Maryland. The Name That Echoes is his debut novel. He is currently working on his second.