Ono Ekeh
Author of Table of the Lord
Table of the Lord
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About the Author
Ono
Ekeh, author of science fiction novel Table
of the Lord, lives in Waldorf, MD with his wife Amy and two daughters, Oviereya and Siobhan. He owns a small business—a
Catholic
Book and Gifts store in Southern Maryland.
Ono is presently working on completing a doctorate in Theology from
The
Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
Ono
Ekeh has an interest in politics and the questions of sustainable economic
development. Table of the Lord is a
novel that marries the promise and wonder of science fiction with the fine
points and notions of international economic and political development and
independence. While most science fiction “skips” centuries ahead and presume a
change that occurred in the interim, Ono is particularly fascinated by the
transition period between where we are in our present world order and where we
will be in centuries to come.
Ono
is interested in questions concerning the present reality of African states;
public health concerns such as HIV/AIDS, structural poverty, political
corruption, church/religion and state/federalism in African states; and viable
political and social structures going forward. Ono’s interests also include the
future of the United States’ relation to the rest of the world, the strength
and relevance of the European Union, and the effect of the strategic competition
between both political structures on the rest of the world. A third interest is
the eventual role that religion and the Church will play as the world advances
technologically. Will religion enjoy the political influence that it had in the
past? Will scientific claims undermine the need or standing of religion, or
will religion flourish, and what form will it take?
Table of the Lord is an intersection of all three geo-political
interests in the context of contact with extra-terrestrials. It is a story that
spans three centuries and different continents. It is a tale of humanity and
its tentative steps towards perfection. It is a story that highlights the
conflicts and convergence between religious and secular goals of human
progress.