If getting everything you ever wanted meant someone else had to lose everything they had... would you still want it? Years ago, Obi Nwosu was one of the nation's most celebrated voices. Charismatic, ambitious, and destined for greatness, he seemed to possess everything a man could desire: a flourishing career, the woman he loved, and a future that appeared untouchable. Today, he lives behind three layers of security, unable to speak a single word. When investigative journalist Fisayo Ayorinde is granted the first interview Obi has accepted in years, she expects to uncover a political conspiracy, expose a forgotten crime, or finally learn the truth behind the rumours that have haunted him since the brutal murder of his pregnant wife. Instead, she is handed a story that challenges everything she believes about power, ambition, and consequence. It begins with a stolen ring. As Fisayo unravels the intertwined lives of a grieving carpenter, a paralysed boy desperate for a miracle, an idealistic teacher, a struggling broadcaster, a family torn apart by desperation, and a man whose every wish appears to come true, a disturbing pattern begins to emerge. Every triumph demands a sacrifice. Every answered desire leaves someone else bearing the cost. Every victory nudges the world one step closer to catastrophe. Because the ring does not grant wishes. It accelerates consequences. Why Obi Lost His Voice is a gripping literary thriller that explores ambition, grief, love, power, and the dangerous illusion that getting everything you desire will finally make you whole. Some gifts are too expensive to receive. Some wishes should never be answered. As told in the Bardic Expressions.