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This is a true dramatic story about turbulent Africa of the late 1960s-early 1970s and a dramatic crossing of the Sahara Desert, followed by a deep African jungle adventure during that turbulent time of Revolution.
"On the bare upper slopes, as night was closing in, a shepherd fed me and shared his mint tea. He said men often hid in the hills from this faction or that. Who was I now? A man without a state, without a relationship, without a philosophy. We sat round his small fire, the bells of the sheep tinkling gently close by in the shadows. It was then he told me the story of βthe horseman and the snake."
History will fail to list the dead and the valiant as time goes on but the battles for the tumbleweed forts will live in the hearts of the desert knights 'til memories are no more. When Joshua learns his family must once again move to a new home, he is not at all happy. Such is the lifestyle for families in which the father is a "knight of the sky" who flies the "thundering airships," but that makes it no easier for Joshua to bear. His desert home is his "mother,"
Farid, a boy who likes nature, enjoys a sunny day in the sandy dunes of the desert building his sand castle. Deserts can be a fun place to take vacations, as Farid is doing with his friends and family.
Remmington Lake was born and raised in the desert. At ten years old both his parents were killed. Remmington since then for twenty years has faught to survive with only his best friend and a stray dog named T-Rex. But more things lurk in the dust storms of the desert...
Will he survive the cruel fate that lies ahead ...
This is a true dramatic story about turbulent Africa of the late 1960s-early 1970s and a dramatic crossing of the Sahara Desert, followed by a deep African jungle adventure during that turbulent time of Revolution.
"On the bare upper slopes, as night was closing in, a shepherd fed me and shared his mint tea. He said men often hid in the hills from this faction or that. Who was I now? A man without a state, without a relationship, without a philosophy. We sat round his small fire, the bells of the sheep tinkling gently close by in the shadows. It was then he told me the story of βthe horseman and the snake."
History will fail to list the dead and the valiant as time goes on but the battles for the tumbleweed forts will live in the hearts of the desert knights 'til memories are no more. When Joshua learns his family must once again move to a new home, he is not at all happy. Such is the lifestyle for families in which the father is a "knight of the sky" who flies the "thundering airships," but that makes it no easier for Joshua to bear. His desert home is his "mother,"
Farid, a boy who likes nature, enjoys a sunny day in the sandy dunes of the desert building his sand castle. Deserts can be a fun place to take vacations, as Farid is doing with his friends and family.
Remmington Lake was born and raised in the desert. At ten years old both his parents were killed. Remmington since then for twenty years has faught to survive with only his best friend and a stray dog named T-Rex. But more things lurk in the dust storms of the desert...
Will he survive the cruel fate that lies ahead ...