Tears of Love: Or the Ultimate Sacrifice

By Franck Tucker Ebang Toung Mve

Tears of Love is the authors first dive into the deep seas of romantic fiction. The story takes on the many facets of love, with a particular focus on its tendency to often fall short of the generally expected outcome. Eva and Ondo, two lovers at Montville College, find themselves entangled in the rambling development of a love story that sets a stage for the ultimate sacrifice, as the mighty general of the Yafa Kingdom chooses to wed Eva, adding her to the list of his yearly brides. The two lovers are forced to confront a life-changing challenge, doing so with a smile on both their faces, as they understand that true love never dies but instead continues to live on in memory.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: May 22, 2015
• ISBN: 9781504913249

Franck Tucker Ebang Toung Mve

From his native country of Gabon (west-central Africa), author Franck Tucker Ebang Toung Mve is a passionate writer who finds liberation from lifes scuffles and inner peace through the lines of his pen. As a professional translator and interpreter, he finds delight in the beauty of written and spoken words, be it in his native French or the English language. After his strongly acclaimed memoir, Standing for My Dream, in which he brilliantly exposed the hardships and frustrations of foreign students pursuing their dreams of academic success in America, he embarks into the depth of romantic fiction, hoping to share with the reader the often unnoticed facet of his pen.

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© 2015 Franck Tucker Ebang Toung Mve. All rights reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse  05/20/2015

ISBN: 978-1-5049-1322-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5049-1324-9 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015908110

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My thanks and gratitude go to all my relatives and friends across the world for your support and endless encouragement through the process of writing this story. Special thanks to my friend Walters Atemnkeng for taking the author photograph, and to my partner Yvonne Chuibelue.

I dedicate this novel to all of you, hoping at some point that as you read, you would recall a moment in your life like this story, knowing that fiction is not always fiction and might sometimes be the hidden version of the reader’s personal experience.

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S ummer never seemed too long for most students at Montville. Everyone knew that once July ended, school would be all over. Students were excited about the beginning of classes at Montville, which meant making new friends, registering for new courses, and just the vast pride of being students there. Also, the new buildings were scheduled to be available for classes that term.

Ondo’s friend Kwassi, who had returned to the Yafa Kingdom to be with his family, would be back with new stories about his kingdom and the people of his village. Ondo enjoyed spending time with Kwassi, especially when they both skipped their math class to go sit under the coconut trees that separated Montville College from the city’s main parking lot.

Sometimes they would cross through the trees and end up in the parking lot, where counting cars and arguing about the best makes was what they liked to do. Kwassi really had a thing for Toyotas and Land Cruisers. He liked to comment on the efficiency of those vehicles on the roads of the Yafa Kingdom. He argued that no small or sport vehicle could last long on the roads that led to his village. Everything was so harsh, he said, that only SUVs and vehicles with strong engines could make it there.

Ondo could not say much about the roads in the Yafa Kingdom since he had never visited the place, even though Kwassi had invited him to go along as each summer approached, ever since they’d known each other. Ondo had not really left Montville at all. He was born in the city, and all his relatives lived in Montville and never left. People traveled from so many areas to Montville that he supposed they just got used to hosting others and never felt the need to be on the other side.

However, he had promised Kwassi that he would visit the Yafa Kingdom with him the next summer. He knew that Kwassi probably did not take him seriously, but he really meant it, and as soon as the term was over, he planned on telling his parents about it.

Ondo, I think it’s time for you to pack up your things; you might miss the bus to the campus. That was what his mother said. By the way, she was right. Ondo stayed on campus during the school term and returned home soon as classes were over. Both his parents agreed to have him stay on campus because he never made friends easily in the home neighborhood. His parents feared that he might never become able to open up to the world, so they decided that he should live on campus,