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O2 Arena
| Author: | Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki |
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Apex Magazine, 2022 Fantastic, 2021 |
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| Book Type: | Novelette |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
This science fiction novelette was published by Galaxy’s Edge 11/21, and is also available online from Apex Magazine.
The scene is Nigeria in 2030. Climate change has made the heat almost unbearable and affected the oxygen content of the air so people have to wear masks and buy oxygen with O2 credits. The narrator is pursuing a degree at the privileged Academy of Law. Narrator takes a break from the induction rhetoric and finds his friend Ovoke has done the same. She is delicate but strong and is suffering from ovarian cancer. Trying to keep her ovaries, she had opted for chemo instead of surgery to remove the cancer. They talk, and back in the lecture hall Ovoke reveals that Dr. Umez of property law preys on the students and that the school uses sexual mores to keep everyone in their place. Narrator makes a trip home where he stops at University of Lagos and visits with the Buccaneer fraternity that he belonged to when going to school there. Narrator’s father has died and he needs money to ensure a good future, so he is interested in the O2Arena cage fights. His friend Jaiyesimi accompanies him to the arena, where he applies but is rejected as not having the guts to engage in a fight to the death. When he returns to school, he finds Ovoke has taken a turn for the worse, and is in need of money for surgery to remove her tumor. He returns to the O2 Arena in earnest this time, and is chosen for a fight. Is there a way he can save Ovoke?
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