The Guilt of the Night People

About the Book

Follow the heart-breaking tale of a young midwife, Siuntla, hardly more than a child herself when she is Outcast by her own People on their planet of origin, Kiwa, for saving one of the infants in a twin birth which Village Elders are certain may bring the community bad luck. In the meantime, a million sets of foreign eyes set their sights on Siuntla’s village and take horrifying advantage of the People who dwell there: confident in who they are as denizens of Kiwa, and yet crushed by the supreme ignorance of the blood which actually flows in their veins. As Siuntla flees with her child and struggles to protect him from Elders who would steal him away, Siuntla faces romantic love, the sting of jealousy,the heart-break of betrayal, and concern for the children she is raising…all the while trying to discover who—or what—she really is.

About the Author

Born and raised in Berlin, Germany, Mizpa Majim has been writing prize-winning short stories for such Contests as Power of the Pen for middle-and-high-school students. She has often described hee work as ‘satisfying’ and highly therapeutic, often having suffered as much as her heroine, Siuntla children. She now lived in Huber Heights, OH, with her husband, three daughters, and one son. Mizpa works in a Level 1 Trauma Center as a registered Respiratory therapist, at times relying heavily on her experience as a practitioner when doing research for this novel, which is her first. She has a betta fish named Charles, an orange rescue cat by the name of Marmelade, and enjoys reading, writing, and homeschooling her children as extracurricular activities.