The Train To Skeleton Coast: A Tale Of Murder And The Struggle For Freedom: A Tale Of Murder And The Struggle For Freedom - 9781087974187

The year is 1989 and Maggie Grayson, a doctoral student at Yale University, witnesses a murder and suddenly becomes entangled in an international intrigue where she becomes a target of a rogue, secret intelligence agency of the South African white government. Maggie first discovers the dead body of an African woman, working as a housekeeper in a small bed and breakfast hotel in Newport, Rhode Island. After reporting the murder to police, she finds that the housekeeper has brought two children, an eight-year-old girl and a two-year-old boy, to America with her and Maggie is asked to take the two-year-old, Affy, back to his family in South West Africa. Having witnessed the violent murder of his mother, the small boy goes into shock and is unable to speak. Maggie's maternal instincts immediately take over as she forms an affectionate bond with the vulnerable child. In taking the boy to Africa to find his family, Maggie becomes caught up in the independence movement of the country soon to be re-named Namibia. Maggie is asked to take the train to a town located on the Skeleton Coast along the western edge of Namibia to deliver Affy to his family. Through surprising twists of fate, the story brings to light the forgotten struggles of Africa's indigenous people and in a spectacularly beautiful setting, Maggie experiences dramatic encounters with Namibia's wildlife. Thrown into this adventure, Maggie's inner journey unfolds as she discovers her own courage in the upheavals taking place in Namibia--Back cover.

• | Author: Jean E. Cullander
• | Publisher: Jean E. Cullander
• | Publication Date: Jan 19, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 316 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1087974186
• | ISBN-13: 9781087974187