Journey Towards a Falling Sun He s a hard drinking philandering American engineer She s a prim and proper African professor Their improbable romance begins with a chance encounter on the streets of Nairobi and soon develops into
He s a hard drinking, philandering American engineer She s a prim and proper African professor Their improbable romance begins with a chance encounter on the streets of Nairobi, and soon develops into passionate ardor Unaware of the consequences that their love affair will bring in the future, they soon find themselves caught up in the tumult of Kenyan politics, trappedHe s a hard drinking, philandering American engineer She s a prim and proper African professor Their improbable romance begins with a chance encounter on the streets of Nairobi, and soon develops into passionate ardor Unaware of the consequences that their love affair will bring in the future, they soon find themselves caught up in the tumult of Kenyan politics, trapped in the center of a government scandal, and an incredible odyssey through the wilderness of the northern frontier is their only way out More than a love story, Journey Towards a Falling Sun tells of a heroic struggle against all odds and a search for cultural identity in a rapidly changing Africa.a gripping journey through East Africa lminates in a thrilling conclusion that this reviewer believes will take the reader by surprise Journey Towards a Falling Sun is thoroughly recommended reading Reviewed By Jeffrey Brooke Stewart for Readers FavoriteOccasionally witty, at times heart warming, Journey Towards a Falling Sun is a novel filled with interesting and suspenseful situations a first hand look at a fascinating continent that is still woefully misunderstood by most of the worldReviewed By Lit Amri for Readers Favorite
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N. Lombardi Jr.
N Lombardi Jr, the N for Nicholas, has spent over half his life in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, working as a groundwater geologist Nick can speak five languages Swahili, Thai, Lao, Chinese and Khmer Cambodian.In 1997, while visiting Lao People s Democratic Republic, he witnessed the remnants of a secret war that had been waged for nine years, among which were children wounded from leftover cluster bombs Driven by what he saw, he worked on The Plain of Jars for the next eight years Nick maintains a website with content that spans most aspects of the novel The Secret War, Laotian culture, Buddhism etc The site offers a sample the first 3 chapters available for download.Nick now lives in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and has just released his second novel, Journey Towards a Falling Sun, set in the wild frontier of northern Kenya.Some personal comments taken from his user s profile Working as an engineering geologist has taken me to other countries as well, including the Gulf States in the Middle East, North Africa, and two years in China My cross cultural experiences allow me to adopt a world view, and form a major component of my writing, with the aim of spreading cultural knowledge to the reading public in an entertaining way I also enjoy writing emotionally charged stories, and I often laugh and cry while writing them,lost inside the fictional world I create Politically, I am ardently against any war,regardless of the rhetoric used to justify it Until we abandon war, the human race is fated to remain in a savage conditionI enjoy physical exercise, watching a well made film I love Frank Capra , and of course reading a good book I like to be in natural settings rather than an urban environment I am also morbidly interested in following the dark side of covert machinations by the state, and geopolitics, the root cause of war.