Welcome to Elephant Small Vol 1.This is the first in a series of five ebooks that cover five years of original verse previously published on my weblog 'Elephant Small'.Vol 1 covers edited highlights from the year 2008.Kuzimu, where the mungu population is closely monitored and disturbances of the peace are by no means tolerated.Keep calm…Keep the peace…Listen to authority…Or you’ll find yourself doing so, whether you want to or not…Surrounded by mystery, Sapphire Adams, is an inquisitive young programmer who suffers from social anxiety disorder. Thrust into a world where she is compelled to face her fears, she must adjust her long held beliefs and do things she never thought possible. Although forced to keep family secrets that she doesn’t understand, her family past is shrouded by an obscurity she yearns to decipher but…. The truth has a price... Can she pay it...?This is the first installment of the nine (9) episode series, The Rejected of novella length, (approx. 20,000 words each 92 print pages). Each episode will be published biweekly. I hope you enjoy!