1884 Deep in the deserts of Sudan a crazed fanatic spawns violent bloodshed…

As members of the British force engaged in
a desperate bid to save heroic Gordon of Khartoum, besieged by the frenzied armies of the Mahdi, teenagers Edgar and Rupert Clinton, twin brothers divided by a woman’s greed, unravel a past crime that threatens their futures.

Separated by events, Edgar and Rupert
are thrown into their own desperate adventures as the conflict rages on—and both find Muslim allies willing to risk all to see them through.

In a hostile world of searing sun, sand and rocky wastes the two boys discover the wider meaning of what truly is a family.

90,000 words — equivalent to 340 paperback pages