Roger Kean
1884â€”Deep in the Sudanese deserts a crazed religious fanatic spawns violent bloodshed.,In Victorian England Edward and Richard enjoy a blessed life at home and at their elite private school for boys, and with prospects of army commissions ahead.,But then a dreadful secret and a womanâ€™s greed tears them apart and destroys their comfortable world. Even though their love is forbidden, for Edward there is no other in his life but Richard, and for Richard a life without Edward is unbearable., ,Has fate determined that they must lead their lives apart?,As members of the British force engaged in a doomed bid to save heroic Gordon of Khartoum, besieged by the frenzied armies of the Mahdi, Edward and Richard, cruelly separated by events, and ignorant of the otherâ€™s presence, are thrown into their own desperate adventures as the conflict rages on around themâ€¦ ,One an officer, the other a lowly cavalry trumpeter, both find Muslim allies willing to risk all to see them throughâ€¦ Two lovers far from each other in a hostile world of enervating heat, unforgiving sand, rocky wastes, but also burning passionsâ€”will the young men overcome the ordeal of a life apart to achieve their dream of a destiny together? 131,850 words.,extended description-chapter nine at: ,http://pastehtml.com/view/crdmw4gnm.rtxt
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A Life Apart