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About the Book
Mombasa beach: The dream holiday of a lifetime turns into a nightmare for a young couple. Brutally attacked and kidnapped, she has to battle for survival in one of the remotest and most dangerous areas of north east Kenya. He has to find and rescue her - before it is too late.
Palm trees line an idyllic beach of white coral sand. An Arabian dhow sails on the clear blue waters of the Indian Ocean. Two lovers are ruthlessly torn apart, perhaps forever. Lucy is bound and helpless, taken far from the safety of the world she knows. Unconscious and bleeding, nothing has prepared Steve for what he needs to do.
The inability of the authorities to help means Steve has to find the strength and courage to risk his own life in the desperate search for Lucy and fight back against the kidnappers. His journey takes him deep into the African wilderness, where death and danger wait for the unwary.
Lucy’s journey is mental as well as physical as she discovers how easily the protective shell of her old world has been stripped away. Everything she took for granted is gone and she has to fight to survive, one day at a time. Whatever happens, she knows her life will never be the same again.
Based on actual events and current news reports, this fast-paced action and adventure novel explores the reality of the tensions between the old tribal ways and life in the new, rapidly developing country of Kenya.
About the Author
Tony Riches is a full time writer and lives with his wife in Pembrokeshire, West Wales UK. He has an MBA from Cardiff University and is best known for his non-fiction books, including the For Busy Managers series, Atlantis - the Final Space Shuttle Mission and Terra Nova: Antarctic Voyager.
His first novel, Queen Sacrifice was written after he was researching the early history of Wales and saw the parallels to a game of chess, with kings and queens, bishops and castles - and the people becoming pawns in their civil wars.
For more information about Tony’s other published work please see www.tonyriches.co.uk