Download or read book The Thundering Smoke written by Guy Quigley and published by Visionary Book Writers. This book was released on 2024-02-21 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DURING THE VIOLENT 1920S IRISH LIBERATION WAR, TOM SUTTON BECOMES A SOUGHT-AFTER REVOLUTIONARY. AFTER HIS WIFE WAS VICIOUSLY ASSAULTED, RAPED AND MURDERED BY BLACK & TANS, HE LEAVES HIS HOMELAND, THINKING HIS SON ALSO SUFFERED THE SAME FATE. ARRIVING BY COINCIDENCE IN AFRICA, HE RELAPSES INTO ALCOHOLISM AFTER BEING BROKEN-HEARTED AND PENNILESS. BY A QUIRK OF FATE, A LITTLE GIRL WITH A BOWL OF SOUP BRINGS HIM BACK FROM A LIVING HELL. TOGETHER WITH THE GIRL HEIDI AND HIS ONLY FRIEND FROM THE LIBERATION WAR, THEY TRAVEL NORTH ON RHODESIAN RAILWAYS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT IN THE SMALL WORKING GOLDMINES, FINALLY ARRIVING AT MOSI-AO-TUNYA, THE SMOKE THAT THUNDERS (VICTORIA FALLS). HE ADOPTS HEIDI AND BY VIRTUE OF HEIDI'S INHERITANCE FROM HER DECEASED FATHER THEY ARRIVE AT THE VAST TREK OF LAND KNOWN AS DEMBERRA. WITH THE HELP OF AN AFRICAN-FRIEND THEY EMBARK ON A NEW FUTURE. HOWEVER, VIOLENCE, REVENGE, AND DEATH PLAGUE THEM. IF TOM SUTTON'S LIFE WAS BROKEN OR HE FAILED TO CONFRONT IT DURING THE IRISH LIBERATION WAR, ONLY TIME WILL TELL. SUTTON'S STORY COVERS FRIENDSHIPS, ADVERSARIES, HIS CHILD'S WOMANHOOD, AND HER JEALOUSY WHEN MARIA ENTERS HIS LIFE. ONLY MOSI-OA-TUNYA WILL DETERMINE A CLIMATIC ENDING TO THEIR LOVE, LUST, ANGER AND REVENGE. THIS IS SUTTON'S STORY, OFTEN POIGNANT, OFTEN JOYFUL BUT AS BIG AND EXCITING AND EPICAL AS AFRICA ITSELF.
Download or read book The Thundering Smoke Book 2 written by Guy Quigley and published by Visionary Book Writers. This book was released on 2024-03-07 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE THUNDERING SMOKE - BOOK 2, THE DUTCHMAN’S PLAN IS A CONTINUING EVOCATIVE TALE OF REDEMPTION, RESILIENCE, AND THE ENDURING BONDS OF FAMILY SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE AFRICAN WILDERNESS AND THE TUMULTUOUS HISTORY THAT SHAPES ITS INHABITANTS' LIVES. TOM SUTTON'S JOURNEY FROM GRIEF AND DESPAIR TO PURPOSE AND HOPE IS A TESTAMENT TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT'S CAPACITY FOR TRANSFORMATION IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY. AS TOM GRAPPLES WITH THE AFTERMATH OF A TRAGIC MINE ACCIDENT, HE FINDS SOLACE AND PURPOSE IN THE COMPANIONSHIP OF HEIDI, A YOUNG ORPHAN GIRL WHOSE RESILIENCE MIRRORS HIS OWN. THEIR RELATIONSHIP BLOSSOMS INTO A BOND OF FATHER AND DAUGHTER, ANCHORED BY LOVE AND MUTUAL HEALING. YET, THEIR NEWFOUND FAMILY FACES CHALLENGES AND OBSTACLES AT EVERY TURN. TOM'S DETERMINATION TO ADOPT HEIDI IS COMPLICATED UNTIL THE REVELATION OF A LETTER FROM THE GRAVE, THE DUTCHMAN’S PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF HIS DAUGHTER IS CAST IN STONE AND UNRAVELS SECRETS OF A VAST INHERITANCE IN THE FORM OF DEMBERRA, A SPRAWLING CATTLE RANCH. WITH THE SUPPORT OF HIS LOYAL FRIEND TIM AND THE GUIDANCE OF SIMALALA, AN AFRICAN ALLY FROM HIS PAST, TOM EMBARKS ON A JOURNEY TO CARVE A FUTURE OUT OF THE UNTAMED WILDERNESS. HOWEVER, THEIR DREAMS ARE THREATENED BY THE MACHINATIONS OF BRADLEY, A CUNNING ANTAGONIST HELL-BENT ON SEIZING DEMBERRA AND THE HIDDEN FORTUNE OF STOLEN GOLD IT HARBORS. BRADLEY ENGAGES JOHN SUTTON, TOM’S ESTRANGED SON TO ASSIST IN HIS PLANS. TOM'S RESILIENCE IS PUT TO THE TEST AS HE NAVIGATES A TREACHEROUS LANDSCAPE OF BETRAYAL, GREED, AND VENGEANCE. AMIDST THE TURMOIL, A NEW CHALLENGE EMERGES IN THE FORM OF ANOTHER WOMAN VYING FOR TOM'S AFFECTION, TESTING THE BONDS FORGED BETWEEN FATHER AND DAUGHTER. AS PAST AND PRESENT COLLIDE, TOM MUST CONFRONT HIS OWN DEMONS AND RECONCILE WITH HIS ESTRANGED SON, WHOSE THIRST FOR REVENGE THREATENS TO TEAR THEIR FRAGILE FAMILY APART. "THE THUNDERING SMOKE" IS A CONTINUING GRIPPING SAGA OF PERSEVERANCE, SACRIFICE, AND THE ENDURING POWER OF LOVE TO CONQUER EVEN THE DARKEST OF SHADOWS. THROUGH TOM'S UNWAVERING RESOLVE AND HEIDI'S INDOMITABLE SPIRIT, IT EXPLORES THEMES OF FORGIVENESS, REDEMPTION, AND THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF SECOND CHANCES. SET AGAINST THE MAJESTIC BACKDROP OF AFRICA'S RUGGED TERRAIN AND HAUNTED BY ITS TROUBLED HISTORY, IT IS A TIMELESS TALE OF HOPE AND REDEMPTION THAT WILL RESONATE WITH READERS LONG AFTER THE FINAL PAGE IS TURNED.
Download or read book The Thundering Smoke Book 3 written by Guy Quigley and published by Visionary Book Writers. This book was released on 2024-03-19 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IN THE GRIPPING CONCLUSION TO THE TRILOGY "THE THUNDERING SMOKE," BOOK 3 "THE END OF THE LINE," THE SAGA REACHES ITS CLIMACTIC RESOLUTION AS THE FORCES OF REVENGE, BETRAYAL, AND REDEMPTION COLLIDE IN THE HEART OF AFRICA. JOHN SIDDLEY, FUELED BY A DEEP-SEATED DESIRE FOR VENGEANCE AGAINST HIS FATHER, ALIGNS HIMSELF WITH TOM'S NEMESIS, BRADLY, IN A SINISTER PLOT TO DISMANTLE TOM'S WORLD ONCE AND FOR ALL. WITH TREACHERY AND DECEIT AS THEIR WEAPONS, JOHN AND BRADLY SET OUT TO BEFRIEND HEIDI, TOM'S ADOPTED DAUGHTER, AND MANIPULATE HER TRUST TO FURTHER THEIR NEFARIOUS AGENDA. MEANWHILE, TOM'S LIFE HANGS IN THE BALANCE AS HE FACES THE BRUTAL ATTACK OF A LION AND WATCHES HELPLESSLY AS HIS HOME IS CONSUMED BY FLAMES, ORCHESTRATED BY HIS ENEMIES. AS TOM BEGINS TO UNRAVEL THE MYSTERIES AND TRAGEDIES OF HIS PAST, HE DISCOVERS THE TRUE EXTENT OF THE BETRAYAL SURROUNDING HIM. ALONG THE WAY, HE SUFFERS THE DEVASTATING LOSS OF HIS CLOSEST ALLIES, TIMOTHY BRYN AND SIMALALA, IN A MANNER THAT EPITOMIZES THE RAW AND UNFORGIVING ESSENCE OF AFRICA ITSELF. WITH HEIDI AND JOHN ON THE RUN FOR THEIR LIVES, PURSUED BY BRADLY WHO SERVES AS THEIR RELENTLESS EXECUTIONER, THE STAGE IS SET FOR A DRAMATIC SHOWDOWN. AS THE TENSION MOUNTS AND THE STAKES REACH THEIR PEAK, THE THUNDEROUS ROAR OF MOSI-OA-TUNYA, THE SMOKE THAT THUNDERS, LOOMS AS THE ULTIMATE ARBITER OF FATE. IN A FINALE FRAUGHT WITH LOVE, LUST, ANGER, AND REVENGE, TOM SUTTON MUST CONFRONT HIS DEMONS AND FIND THE STRENGTH TO OVERCOME THE FORCES ARRAYED AGAINST HIM. AS THE CHARACTERS HURTLE TOWARDS THEIR DESTINY, THE BREATHTAKING BACKDROP OF THE AFRICAN WILDERNESS SERVES AS A FITTING CANVAS FOR THE EPIC CONCLUSION TO THIS GRIPPING TALE OF RESILIENCE AND REDEMPTION. ULTIMATELY, IT IS AMIDST THE THUNDERING WATERS OF VICTORIA FALLS THAT THE FATES OF ALL INVOLVED WILL BE DECIDED, IN A CLIMAX THAT WILL LEAVE READERS BREATHLESS UNTIL THE VERY LAST PAGE.
Download or read book The Victoria Falls written by Emil Holub and published by Human and Literature Publishing. This book was released on 2023-09-04 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the history of Victoria Falls, one of the most imposing phenomena of the world, the remarkable feature of the river Zambezi in Central Africa. The Falls were named by David Livingstone after Queen Victoria of England. Mosioatunya or "Thundering Smoke”, is the original name of the Victoria Falls...
Download or read book Thundering smoke written by R. G. Pattison and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive illustrated review of the locomotives of Rhodesia Railways and National Railways of Zimbabwe.
Download or read book People of the Thunder written by W. Michael Gear and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2009-11-03 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel of desperate political intrigue and spiritual power, People of the Thunder once again demonstrates the New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear's mastery of American prehistory. By 1300 AD, the Sky Hand people had crushed and enslaved the Albaamaha people and built their high-walled capital, Split Sky City, to dominate towns up and down the Black Warrior River. But a violent wind is brewing that may topple the city's mighty walls. Great armies are on the march, and a cunning new leader, Smoke Shield, has risen. He will lead the Sky Hand people either to stunning triumph or to bloody doom. Old White, Trader, and the mystical Two Petals are journeying across the Choctaw lands straight into the chaos. Old White, the Seeker, must play a delicate game of espionage. For Trader the slightest indiscretion--let alone the temptation of forbidden love--could lead to disaster. Two Petals, the Contrary, faces the toughest choice of all : She must betray herself and her friends to Smoke Shield or live forever in the backward grip of madness. And Spirit Power has laid a far deadlier trap for them in the rainbow colors just beneath the rolling surface of the Black Warrior River. Explore the ancestral heritage of the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Yuchi peoples as the majesty and genius of the vanished Mississippian mound builders' civilization comes to life. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Billy Buckhorn and the Rise of the Night Seers The Thunder Child Prophecy Book 2 written by Gary Robinson and published by 7th Generation . This book was released on 2024-02-16 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cherokee teen Billy Buckhorn had no idea what was in store for him when Osage teen Lisa Lookout and her family showed up on his doorstep. A tribal prophecy, carried by their family for a thousand years, indicates Billy is the long awaited Chosen One, and that he is destined to battle dark ancient forces that are planning to retake control of the Middleworld. As Billy comes to accept his prophesied new role, he must also learn to accept that he and his loved ones are now targets of the most powerful shape-shifting Native American witches and sorcerers on Turtle Island. Known as the Night Seers of the Owl Clan, Billy must use old Indigenous ways, intertwined with new technology, to fight and defeat this evil force. Billy Buckhorn and the Rise of the Night Seers is the second thrilling installment of the Thunder Child Prophecy Series.
Download or read book Above the Thunder written by Renee Manfredi and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2005-05-10 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wary, middle-aged widow numbed by loss and disappointment. A preternaturally intelligent little girl who eavesdrops on the dead. A charming, sybaritic gay man torn between his love for his partner and the anarchy of his desires.These are the charged poles of Renée Manfredi’s gorgeously written first novel, a book that explores the currents of tenderness, responsibility and chance that turn strangers into a family. Anna Brinkman meets her ten-year-old granddaughter Flynn when the girl appears on her doorstep, desperate for a love more steadfast than any she has received from her parents. She meets Jack when he shows up in an AIDS support group she is running and does his best to get kicked out. What ensues in a house on the coast of Maine will be the great journey of all their lives. Filled with humor, sadness, and wisdom, Above the Thunder is a magical achievement.
Download or read book Voyages on the Yukon and Its Tributaries written by Hudson Stuck and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Visit to Lewanika King of the Barotse written by Reginald Arthur Luck and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Thunder Keeper written by Margaret Coel and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-08-06 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The apparent suicide of a young Arapaho on sacred ground shocks the populace of the Wind River Reservation. But strange events following the death lead Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley to suspect foul play.
Download or read book The New Zambesi Trail written by Catharine Winkworth Mackintosh and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Written for ordinary readers who may care to know how daily life is lived in a country so lately uncivilized and unsafe."--Introduction.
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Download or read book Fran ois Coillard written by Edward Shillito and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a missionary with the Paris Missionary Society to 2 tribes by the Zambezi. His struggles, adventures & trials with the independent Ethiopian church movement are documented.
