Beyond Charitable Lines

by Kevin Farran

One man's attempt to make a difference in war-torn Southern Sudan, a battle against disease, famine and the suffering of political conflict.Isolated on the edge of rebel territory, the gruff and abusive Londoner, Thomas Reynolds, has managed his independent aid center for over a decade. With an impending outbreak of Noma, a gruesome childhood affliction, he ventures even further into rebel held lands to eradicate the disease. Recently shackled with an intrusive, self-obsessed reporter and do-gooder teacher, he must risk his camp and life to manipulate the volatile insurgents to reach and treat the children who are the future of war torn Sudan.

202 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 2010

About the author

I am a lover of Great Danes, road cycling, and classic cars. I split my time between solitary literary pursuits, working with my designer wife on home restorations and supporting our son’s football careers. 

I am a wanderer. My boys and lovely partner of more than three decades, have been dragged from one adventure to another. Much in the same way I was as a youth. I was born in Barotseland formerly part of Northern Rhodesia and now a reluctant part of Zambia. Through many countries in North America , the Orient and Europe I have now (temporarily) come to rest in Spain.


When wandering, a vast array of abilities becomes stowed in one’s baggage, my rumpled duffel bag is no different. From performing Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams, to teaching and heavy equipment operation, even to pig and dairy farms, high-end restaurants and period home renovation, all add spice to the dish that is me. 
(One thinks too many chefs ruin the dish?)
Perhaps – it is what it is.

I dwell in possibility.

That is why I love to engage stories and explore what might ‘be’.

I hope you enjoy the journey, we are all in search of 

'the great perhaps.'