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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 “the 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," and he is distraught at the prospect of leaving, of having to face the fact that the "tumbleweed forts of his youth were being taken away by stepmothers of trees and forests of snow."
Joshua decides to have one last desert adventure, one last visit to the tumbleweed fort built with such care and precision by Joshua and his fellow "desert knights." Once he ventures out into the desert, however, the wind increases; he is caught in a sandstorm , and he struggles to reach his fort. Finally stumbling upon it, he gratefully crawls inside, his energy completely spent, and falls into a deep sleep. But when he awakes ... ah, then his most fantastical adventure begins.
Author Daniel Ferry has created a captivating story of a young boy's journey into another dimension. With scintillating descriptions and intriguing metaphors, Ferry paints a vivid picture of Joshua's adventure. The boy meets the ethereal Zaleen, a vision who guides him on his travels across many planes. He must evade the "Durs" ... guards whose punishment for "dimensional travel" is death to the traveler ... and battle dark knights, all the while keeping his wits about him as he learns the many lessons from the challenges Zaleen presents to him.
The satisfying and unexpected conclusion to this story is just another of Ferry's talents in weaving together the many threads of this mystical tale.
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 ...
A young girl, with a life that defies the meaning of boredom, thruogh some maby not so ligitimate daelings gains the ability to fly. Oh and it isn't at all finished, this is just the begining.
"In a far off land beyond the mountain lay a desert country. To some it was bleak and treeless, to others it was magical. At night the stars sprinkled the sky as if on a dark blue carpet. In the day time the sun beat down on a magnificent landscape of rocks and sand, sand that sometimes rolled in huge dunes towards the horizon. If you were a crow you would look down and see here and there a little patch of green – an oasis where date palms surrounded a well"
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 “the 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," and he is distraught at the prospect of leaving, of having to face the fact that the "tumbleweed forts of his youth were being taken away by stepmothers of trees and forests of snow."
Joshua decides to have one last desert adventure, one last visit to the tumbleweed fort built with such care and precision by Joshua and his fellow "desert knights." Once he ventures out into the desert, however, the wind increases; he is caught in a sandstorm , and he struggles to reach his fort. Finally stumbling upon it, he gratefully crawls inside, his energy completely spent, and falls into a deep sleep. But when he awakes ... ah, then his most fantastical adventure begins.
Author Daniel Ferry has created a captivating story of a young boy's journey into another dimension. With scintillating descriptions and intriguing metaphors, Ferry paints a vivid picture of Joshua's adventure. The boy meets the ethereal Zaleen, a vision who guides him on his travels across many planes. He must evade the "Durs" ... guards whose punishment for "dimensional travel" is death to the traveler ... and battle dark knights, all the while keeping his wits about him as he learns the many lessons from the challenges Zaleen presents to him.
The satisfying and unexpected conclusion to this story is just another of Ferry's talents in weaving together the many threads of this mystical tale.
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 ...
A young girl, with a life that defies the meaning of boredom, thruogh some maby not so ligitimate daelings gains the ability to fly. Oh and it isn't at all finished, this is just the begining.
"In a far off land beyond the mountain lay a desert country. To some it was bleak and treeless, to others it was magical. At night the stars sprinkled the sky as if on a dark blue carpet. In the day time the sun beat down on a magnificent landscape of rocks and sand, sand that sometimes rolled in huge dunes towards the horizon. If you were a crow you would look down and see here and there a little patch of green – an oasis where date palms surrounded a well"