![]() ![]() But tragic events will send Moussa fleeing to his mother’s homeland, with its brooding mountains, its hidden caves and fortresses. Moussa will inherit the title of count Paul is destined to be a soldier like his father. Paul deVries is the cousin and constant companion of Michel deVries called Moussa whose world explorer father shocked Paris with his marriage to a noblewoman of the Sahara. Too young to understand the shifting fortunes of the empire, two boys forge a bond with their breathless adventures in the tunnels beneath the threatened city. The proud Republic of France is crumbling under the onslaught of the Prussian army. ![]() In a clash between two civilizations, two men of common blood discover that in war, love, and even family, they are both destined to be outsiders… From the mysteriously beautiful, richly hued landscape of the Saharan mountains to the sumptuous splendor of nineteenth century Paris, Empires of Sand is a novel that takes us on an extraordinary, powerfully emotional journey. ![]()
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