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Afric
A drama ripped from today’s headlines
1963: As European colonists flee the Congo, a witch doctor finds an abandoned child and teaches him the power of hatred. A hundred miles to the east, six American hippies on a joyride across Africa crash their VW bus into a cemetery. While they wait for repairs, they scandalize the local missionaries and Brenda Carter impulsively marries an African student.
2013: Brenda Carter brings Sarah, her deeply troubled granddaughter, to Africa to explore her roots and meet her grandfather, the man Brenda married and abandoned 50 years before. When a Peace Corps worker is murdered, a baby is kidnapped, and all contact with the outside world is severed by a torrential rain storm, Sarah becomes an unwilling investigator making the connection between the abandoned boy from the Congo, the truth behind her grandmother’s marriage, and 50 years of undercover CIA involvement in the politics of Africa.
A compelling tale of Africa today where witch doctors co-exist with modern medicine, where warlords carry cell phones, and where one small nation stands at the crossroads of America’s War on Terror.
1963: As European colonists flee the Congo, a witch doctor finds an abandoned child and teaches him the power of hatred. A hundred miles to the east, six American hippies on a joyride across Africa crash their VW bus into a cemetery. While they wait for repairs, they scandalize the local missionaries and Brenda Carter impulsively marries an African student.
2013: Brenda Carter brings Sarah, her deeply troubled granddaughter, to Africa to explore her roots and meet her grandfather, the man Brenda married and abandoned 50 years before. When a Peace Corps worker is murdered, a baby is kidnapped, and all contact with the outside world is severed by a torrential rain storm, Sarah becomes an unwilling investigator making the connection between the abandoned boy from the Congo, the truth behind her grandmother’s marriage, and 50 years of undercover CIA involvement in the politics of Africa.
A compelling tale of Africa today where witch doctors co-exist with modern medicine, where warlords carry cell phones, and where one small nation stands at the crossroads of America’s War on Terror.
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First published June 12, 2013
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May 4, 2020
A geopolitical thriller
I first read this author in her World War 2 series, which I enjoyed very much.This book is set in Uganda and is an adventure tale spanning fifty years. The narrative is generally straightforward. It centers on an aging woman revisiting Uganda with her granddaughter. There are occasional flashbacks to give context to the protagonists’ back story. There is a bit of local color, a smattering of political background and an undercurrent of danger and kidnap. On balance this book is an engaging effort.I deducted one star because the conclusion had a bit of deus ex machina.
I first read this author in her World War 2 series, which I enjoyed very much.This book is set in Uganda and is an adventure tale spanning fifty years. The narrative is generally straightforward. It centers on an aging woman revisiting Uganda with her granddaughter. There are occasional flashbacks to give context to the protagonists’ back story. There is a bit of local color, a smattering of political background and an undercurrent of danger and kidnap. On balance this book is an engaging effort.I deducted one star because the conclusion had a bit of deus ex machina.
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