Book Description
This is a contemporary suspense/thriller about reincarnation that flows between California, New York and Istanbul, from yesterday to a misty tomorrow that may never dawn. It is the sequel to The Horseman and part of the Lands of the Morning Series. The heroine, Ariadne, an American expatriate novelist married to a Turk, lives in a dangerous, exotic world. There is also an American stage and screen star, Daniel Saxon, and Burhan, an advisor to the Turkish military junta. The plot is a cinemascopic reel of romance, high-stakes terrorism, sex, intrigue, and subtle undercurrents of mysticism and reincarnation, the concept of the latter put forward in a no-nonsense, thought-provoking manner.
From the Publisher
Lands of the Morning Quintet - A sweeping, tri-continental series of related, yet independently plotted epic novels (each story stands on its own).
From Keltia to Anatolia ... From the Lady of the Unicorn, to Mevlana... a unique blend of cultures, legends and history, both ancient and contemporary ... an offering to bridge the gaps Mankind is wont to create....
The fruit of a lifetime of research and writing, this series is fiction based upon authentic, contemporary as well as historical backgrounds and events. Character Profiles for The Scorpion Child: Daniel Saxon - the handsome American star of TV, stage and screen, is a spirited man and an accomplished Shakespearean actor. Newly divorced from his wife of twenty five years, he is fighting to overcome alcoholism and a midlife crisis. Daniel has two children, Katrina, ambitious and assertive,clawing her way up as a television producer, and Matthew, introspective and rebellious. During the course of the novel, Matthew will be assassinated by a terrorist as a revenge for Daniel’s friendship with Ariadne.
Ariadne - only a few people know that her marriage to Burhan, an amalgam of passion, turbulence and disenchantment, is strained to the breaking point, marked by the tragic murder of their son by terrorists. She has come to New York to promote her novel based on Chatalhoyuk, an eight-thousand year old neolithic town in Konya, Turkey. As she is trying to sort out her life, she is also writing a controversial book about the Turkish-Armenian conflict, which brands her as an enemy of the Armenian people, and makes her the target of protest and abuse.
Burhan - destiny has extracted from him a terrible personal price for his meteoric ascendancy in politics. Be that as it may, ever the undaunted idealist, he is fighting for the betterment of his people at all cost. Presently, he is an Advisor to the Turkish Military Junta as they prepare to re-launch democracy. Also, however, he is leading a dragnet against international terrorism sponsored by Anika Alkibiades’ dictatorial faction, which is still operating (and succeeding) by employing different special interest groups, from Militant Islam to Armenian and Kurdish, terrorists.
