Water Drumming in the Soul

Set deep in equatorial Africa, Eric Madeen's debut novel follows Peace Corps volunteer David Fields as he arrives in a remote Gabonese village and is slowly drawn into its rhythms, its people, and a consuming love affair with a young woman named Assam.

Drawn from the author's own years in the field, the novel moves between sensual romance and the quiet culture shock of a stranger learning to belong. It is a story of desire, displacement, and the pull of a place that changes everyone who enters it.