About the novel:
The Scorpion is the evil leader of an underground criminal organisation in Enugu. His latest operation involves the extortion of thousands of Naira from the important PNR officials in return for the safety of Dr. Musa Umaru, the party's presidential candidate. Despite payment of the money, the Scorpion cannot be trusted and an ex-policeman, Chuka Ubaka, is call in to secure Umaru's safety during the elections. But things begin to go badly wrong for Chuka when a top PNR official decides, for his own gain, to let the Scorpion kill Umaru, and Chuka has to take on the Scorpion's outfit virtually single-handed.

About the author
Chuma Nwokolo Jnr. was born in Jos, Plareau State. His formal education took him through Maryland Comprehensive Secondary School, Lagos to the Federal Government College, Odogbolu. As an undergraduate, he was a member of the law faculty of the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus. He has written several poems and short stories and published in the Sunday Satellite. The Extortionist was his first novel.