This fast paced book makes for easy reading but yet difficult to put down. The reader is exposed to the many inhabitants of the Amazon Rain Forests of Brazil with all its wonders and dangers. The book has a subtle divine thread that is skillfully woven throughout the plot that leaves the reader pondering on their own destinies. The book has its share of violent characters who become victims of their own deviant ways. The triangular theme flavors different aspects of the storyline from the characters' fate to their religious beliefs. The ending is an unexpected well prepared dessert that...

This fictional story is about a beautiful young Zulu girl, whose simple life was drastically changed one night, triggering a tragic chain of events that eventually led to disaster. The story based in South Africa during the apartheid years takes the reader through a journey of racism and discrimination. This story celebrates the human spirit in the face of hardship and tragedy as the lives of the different ethnic characters in the book become tightly integrated with each other. The reader will find it difficult to put this book down as each chapter draws you emotionally into the lives of the...