Birds of the Nile
by Nick David
Genre: Literary Fiction
Date Published: September 27, 2013
Book Summary:
British ex-diplomat MICHAEL BLAKE has been blinded and is confined to his flat in Cairo. Every few days a visitor comes to read to him. It’s a year since he took early retirement and booked a long–awaited birding trip on the Nile.
Half way through the voyage he meets LEE YONG and finds himself falling for her. But she’s falling for REDA, their tour guide. He isn’t all he seems either and when the Egyptian revolution kicks off, BLAKE finds himself embroiled in a tangled web of love and intrigue. When REDA is captured and thrown into jail, BLAKE will be forced to decide – to help LEE YONG and join the revolution or stand aside and risk losing everything.
Set against the background of the events of January 2011, BIRDS OF THE NILE is a powerful story of loss and self discovery as three disparate characters, each with their own agenda, seek to come to terms with change. Part political thriller, part love story, BIRDS OF THE NILE reminds us of the complex nature of global cultural interaction and how, as individuals, we try to deal with it.
About the Author
N.E.David is the pen name of York author Nick David. Nick tried his hand at writing at the age of 21 but like so many things in life, it did not work out first time round. Following the death of his father in 2005, he took it up again and has been successful in having a series of short novellas published both in print and online.
Nick maintains he has no personal or political message to convey but that his objective is merely to entertain the reader and he hopes this is reflected in his writing. Besides being a regular contributor to Literary Festivals and open mics in the North East Region, Nick is also a founder member of York Authors and co-presenter of Book Talk on BBC Radio York.
His debut novel, Birds of the Nile, is published by Roundfire.
by Nick David
Genre: Literary Fiction
Date Published: September 27, 2013
Book Summary:
British ex-diplomat MICHAEL BLAKE has been blinded and is confined to his flat in Cairo. Every few days a visitor comes to read to him. It’s a year since he took early retirement and booked a long–awaited birding trip on the Nile.
Half way through the voyage he meets LEE YONG and finds himself falling for her. But she’s falling for REDA, their tour guide. He isn’t all he seems either and when the Egyptian revolution kicks off, BLAKE finds himself embroiled in a tangled web of love and intrigue. When REDA is captured and thrown into jail, BLAKE will be forced to decide – to help LEE YONG and join the revolution or stand aside and risk losing everything.
Set against the background of the events of January 2011, BIRDS OF THE NILE is a powerful story of loss and self discovery as three disparate characters, each with their own agenda, seek to come to terms with change. Part political thriller, part love story, BIRDS OF THE NILE reminds us of the complex nature of global cultural interaction and how, as individuals, we try to deal with it.
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Excerpt from Birds of the Nile
CHAPTER
THIRTY–FOUR
It
had begun almost immediately after what he called ‘the accident’. As the battle raged
around him he had lain for a while, semi-conscious, and his first recollection was
of being moved onto a stretcher, the stabbing pain in his shoulder jerking him
rudely awake. Later, as he forced himself to focus on it in an effort to bring
back the moment, he recalled the dry dusty smell of canvas and, at his side,
the cool touch of polished wood.
They
must have taken him back to the camp because rather than load him straight
into an ambulance, he was physically carried some distance. He remembered that
well enough, the bouncing ride performed at the trot, his unhinged shoulder flapping from
side to side in agony. When they mercifully came to a halt, he was raised up and
taken to a chair where he imagined himself seated as if in a barber’s shop.
Someone
was talking behind him, then a woman approached (he could tell by her scent) and
she began to apply first aid. As his head was being bandaged, just as he’d seen
done before, he reached out for her arm and felt her sleeve between his
fingers. And yes, it was a leather jacket she was wearing.
“Are
you the same ...?” he asked.
Although
as soon as she replied, Am I the same what? her voice told him that it was
not the girl he’d met earlier.
And
all the time he kept telling himself I will get through this. Don’t panic
and it’ll be
alright.
N.E.David is the pen name of York author Nick David. Nick tried his hand at writing at the age of 21 but like so many things in life, it did not work out first time round. Following the death of his father in 2005, he took it up again and has been successful in having a series of short novellas published both in print and online.
Nick maintains he has no personal or political message to convey but that his objective is merely to entertain the reader and he hopes this is reflected in his writing. Besides being a regular contributor to Literary Festivals and open mics in the North East Region, Nick is also a founder member of York Authors and co-presenter of Book Talk on BBC Radio York.
His debut novel, Birds of the Nile, is published by Roundfire.
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