The Desert Wall

by Raf Morgan

Overview

The blazing desert sun in Trader Town exposes secrets, but not Malenie's. She always obeys Papa's one rule: never let anyone see the blue diamonds inscribed on her skin.

But when a stranger comes to town hunting secrets, Malenie is his target. To escape, Malenie slips through the mysterious wall in the desert that only she can see. On the other side, everything is different, especially the diamonds on her skin. They are a sign of magic that fulfills the wishes of anyone who touches her and they make her even more of a target. To protect herself, Malenie entrusts her magic to a street thief, but the thief has secrets and enemies of her own. To survive, Malenie must expose every secret she can find, even if it risks her life, her Papa, her new friendship and maybe even her town.

The Desert Wall is the first book in a new series about friendship, families and magic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781948516006
Publisher:	Fourth Gorgon
Publication date:	09/11/2018
Series:	Divided World , #1
Pages:	254
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.58(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

I've been preparing all my life to be a writer, though I didn't know it. Like that time I volunteered to protect sea turtles on a beach in Costa Rica and wound up with half my body in her nest at 3 am with a blue plastic bag under her butt to catch her eggs to relocate them so poachers couldn't find them. Or living in Bangkok, Thailand, which is where I am now for my day job. (I'm from the USA, but I've lived in Mexico, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.) You never know what's going to happen here and every day is an adventure. Once we hired a driver to take us to the beach and he removed the steering wheel from the dashboard. While we were driving! Mostly I've worked as a technical editor and a Spanish to English translator in the US, Mexico City, Lima, Moscow and Surabaya, but I've also worked as a dog walker (sometimes taking 11 dogs to the park at once, but usually only two or three), on bilingual websites in Bogotá and Montevideo, and in district court (criminal) and family court in the US as an advocate. I've been asked to interpret from Portuguese even though I don't speak Portuguese (it was an emergency) and gotten up at 4 am to edit a meeting report and ended my day at the Bolshoi Theater watching Russian ballet. My favorite things are long rambling walks, preferably under trees, but a city will do, the smell of rain and a good book. My favorite poetry anthology is Americans' Favorite Poems, edited by Robert Pinsky and Maggie Dietz, and don't even ask me to pick a favorite book. I have too many.

Editorial Reviews

It has heart. It has vivid description. It has an unusual setting—the desert—and the world-building is meticulous but not wearying. All the right touches in all the right places. The story describes a journey of a girl who discovers who she is and how to control her power, but at its core it’s really the tale of discovering her true family and friends, and how to love them. --Amazon reviewer

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