Twinn Swan

My three protagonists–Yajna, Isaac and Jasmine–are confronted with circumstances that are far from just or kind. Pressures and demands from those around them seek to bend their will and erase their autonomy. Yet, even within these shadows, moments arise where resistance, survival, and even subtle defiance bloom.

My 12th book SACRIFICE is a testament to the unyielding strength found in the spaces where people face forces trying to break or control them. Creating favourable circumstances–where the people around us elevate us–is not always a matter of chance. For all three protagonists in my book, it’s a quiet and hard-won act of resilience.

This story does not romanticise resilience. It honours the grit it takes to navigate and endure oppressive realities—those fraught junctures where the world seems determined to impose its will, yet the human spirit quietly carves out a space to breathe, to hold on, and to persist. It is about the critical importance of finding or creating openings, however small or fragile, that allow one to reclaim agency and possibility.

SACRIFICE invites readers to witness not just the cost imposed by these harsh circumstances, but also the courage required to endure and press forward. It is a reminder that even in the most unfavourable situations, resilience is a form of revolution—an assertion that the self, though battered, is never fully extinguished.

This book challenges us to see resilience as the deep and ongoing effort to find or fashion the conditions that make life possible on one’s own terms—even when everything around seems designed to prevent it. It’s a powerful reflection on the human ability to endure, adapt, and quietly resist, which is more necessary now than ever.