Sands of the Sahara

ISBN-13: 9781548681647 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 422 str.

MR Oscar Luis Rigiroli

Opis

This book is an anthology of the author's novels that take place in Saharan and sub-Saharan Africa, and are marked by the difficult geography and temperament of its inhabitants. They basically have two elements in common: love and adventure. The novels are Ebony Lady-Zoubaida, Mirage Images and Delusion, An African Adventure and The Sorceress Ebony lady-Zoubaida A torrid erotic romance between a distinguished African lady and a young white man. After living in New York they travel to Central Africa where her family holds positions of prestige and power. Familiar, political and dynastic interactions take place in the middle of bloody struggles between different ethnic groups. In the subsequent exile the characters are forced to make critical decisions based on their social roles. These decisions reflect their personalities and goals and have a profound impact in their lives. Ebony Lady is essentially a romantic novel with a dramatic background due to the violent environment. Its epic tone highlights the dilemmas in the struggle for freedom, happiness and self-realization of the black woman. It immerses into the characters to explain their behavior in all its complexity and contradictions. Mirage- Images & Delusions Mirage is a short story that tells a love born in a violent environment. A French officer who obeys an uncertain chain of command in North Africa is ordered to report on the fate of a group of refugees fleeing ethnic cleansing carried out by the Tuaregs in Mali. The expected relief from the world powers is diluted in a web of strategic and economic interests, leaving the refugees helpless. The officer desperately tries to protect the refugees including a beautiful African young woman. In this environment love, disappointment and rebellion are born. An African Adventure Exoticism and romance. A breath of fresh air.1892 in colonial Africa. A classic and everlasting adventure style. A French official travels Tanganyika in East Africa German to perform intelligence tasks. The daughter of an Arab sheik in danger. Ivory hunters, slave traders, conflicts between native wrens and Bedouin traffickers in the context of struggles among the colonial powers. A gripping thriller that will take your breath from the start. The Sorceress An African young woman thrives in New York as the owner of a flower store. As she becomes romantically interested in a young white man she realizes that he is under the influence of a dominatrix of sadistic tendencies owning an agency of escorts. Both women will fight for the man with various weapons including hidden powers, spells, enchantments ... and also murder.