If there's any message to this work, it is ultimately that it is okay to be different. That its good to be different and question ourselves before we pass judgement on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is of a different colour or religion. 'Conviction Of The Sword' is the memoirs of an ex-terrorist giving the reader an up-close view into the workings of religious indoctrination and extreme philosophy in battle-ridden Northern Nigeria.