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Title: Maya: Initiate 39

Subtitle: The Long Walk to Destiny

Author: Mr. Ben

Narrator: Jeff Raynor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-23-16

Publisher: Revival Waves of Glory Books & Publishing

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Maya: Initiate 39 is an adult work-piece that explores the ordeals of Maya Isaacs. An over-protected single child, a victim of a broken home, Maya was raised singlehandedly by a man whom she knew as her father, Samuel. He had divorced his wife, Cynthia, years ago on grounds of infidelity before Maya turned three years old. Growing up in Durban was a heady mixture of good, bad and ugly for Maya.

Through the influence of wrong peers, Maya went into the underworld endeavors of stealing, drug trafficking and prostitution, under the cover of a very perverse juvenile assembly, called the Alternative Lifestyle Club (The ALC). She joined the club in the pursuit of what she called her "destiny" and became popular among many top-notch Southern Africans.

After several disappointments, Maya thought she could use her connections to bite the fingers that fed her, by carrying out the assignments given her own way - a way of letting the organization know that she was no push-over. But that was not the case! Consequently, Craig and Ms. Diana, the active players of the club, led this juvenile to her doom. They set her up and the police did the rest. The long arm of the law landed her in prison in Johannesburg. It was while she was in the prison that she realized that changing for the better would be the only way to save herself.

Through a favor from Van Brussels, a rich gold merchant, school owner and chairperson of the Louisville Shipping Company, against whom she had committed a crime in the past, Maya was released from prison before the stipulated sentence was up. She was sent to the United States for secretarial studies, worked for Van Brussels' company for a couple of years, and then returned to her native Durban home in South Africa with her husband, Daniel Young, to find her father, whom she had left years before.

Members Reviews:

Rags to Riches in Durban

Mr Benâs Maya Initiate 39 is a detailed account of an innocent only-child stepping out into a dangerous world. School lessons, schoolmatesâ names and varied backgrounds in Durban, South Africa, all are carefully laid out. But Maya doesnât know her mother, and the hole in her background drives her to trust the wrong people, mistrust the right, and enter an underworld of sexual assault, violent death, drugs and theft. Luckily thereâs a road back to the light. Forgiveness and healing can be found. And complex philosophy has a redemptive point in this novel.

A riches to rags to riches story, with action-movie undertones and careful explanation and detail, Maya Initiate 39 never quite answers its titular question, but it raises hope for those whose wrong choices have led to wrong destinations. Itâs an intriguing tale with fascinating insights into different lives.

Disclosure: I got it on a deal and I offer my honest review.

Destiny

Maya Isaacs was being raised by Samuel, the man that married and divorced her mother. When Maya tried to discover her milieu from Samuel, she wasn't satisfied with his tale. She sought to find her destiny by joining a youth group called the Alternative Lifestyle Group (ALG). The group got her involved in drug trafficking, prostitution, and thievery. Maya decided to steal money from an ALG drug sale, but was busted by the police and sent to prison. There she was ameliorated by a group of inmates and befriended by Van Brussels, a man she nearly killed earlier on.