num_pages: 256
description: "A lushly romantic adventure story set in the North African desert in 1914, told by the impeccable Lady Treal as she reminisces in her London town house about her decidedly peccable past...Well-written, expertly plotted, perfectly paced."NEWSDAYWith her anthropologist husband murdered and their caravan stolen by fierce Tuareg tribesmen, Caressa's choices are death or a life of slavery. Concealing her dangerous beauty beneath the faded robes of an Arab boy, she embarks on the adventrue of her life, harassed by vicious nomads, slave traders and the envious witch doctor, Isa. Only a handful of carnival magic tricks stand between her and oblivion. Then she discovers an inner magic so mysteriously compelling that the desert people call her a sorceress. With it she will secure her freedom and discover the love of her life....
language: English
title: Caravan
titlecomplete: Caravan
genres: Fiction, Historical, Adventure, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Romance, Adult, Historical Fiction, Africa, Suspense
ratings_count: 1531
places: Sahara Desert, Middle East, North Africa
publisher: Ballantine Books