The Khartoum stories

Now that Storm Over Khartoum and its sequel Avenging Khartoum are finished, I have to decide where to publish. Back to Smashwords, or go the Kindle Direct route…? At least I thought I'd show the covers, painted by Oliver Frey in the meantime.

Here are the back cover blurbs…


Storm Over Khartoum
1884 – Deep in the deserts of Sudan a crazed fanatic spawns violent bloodshed…
As members of the British force engaged in a desperate bid to save heroic Gordon of Khartoum, besieged by the frenzied armies of the Mahdi, teenagers Edgar and Rupert Clinton, twin brothers divided by a woman’s greed, unravel a past crime that threatens their futures. Separated by events, Edgar and Rupert are thrown into their own desperate adventures as the conflict rages on – and both find Muslim allies willing to risk all to see them through. In a hostile world of searing sun, sand and rocky wastes the two boys discover the wider meaning of what truly is a family.

Avenging Khartoum
1896 – In the heart of the Sudan, the Mahdiya’s cruel rule faces final retribution…

As the British and Egyptian armies under General Kitchener mount a massive campaign to free Khartoum from the fanatic Dervish forces, one young man promises his dying mother to set out and seek the truth of his long-lost father’s fate. Did he die in battle against the Mahdi’s frenzied hordes in 1882? Did he escape and survive against all odds? Sixteen-year-old Gregory Hilliard stakes his life on discovering the truth…
Born and raised in Cairo, fluent in native languages, Gregory is pitched into the heat of war as interpreter for the British command, and through battle and peril unravels a tragic and life-changing mystery with its roots in faraway England.