Note: I received a free copy to independently review. The Land that Shivers (2019) is set in present day Nigeria. The opening statements are defensive, immediately attempting to set the record straight on the international community’s claims of Nigeria as a corrupt nation. Twenty-five-year-old Asa Adu has a university degree, graduating top of his class, but he has been out of work for four years. He is travelling with his father Samuel in an overcrowded bus when it has an accident. After his father’s death, Asa must provide for his mother Caro and three sisters, 13-year-old Abigail, 11-year-old Tonia, and 8-year-old Julie. With no money – his father had not been paid his salary for the past eight months – there is little hope for their future. Governor Azim is rich, powerful, and corrupt. Dora Adigun, the Petroleum Minister, is rich, powerful, and as corrupt as the Governor. She has just established an oil company, operated by Ben Attar and John Obado, t