Right of thirst
By: Frank Huyler
Publisher: Oneworld
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Richmond
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9781851687343
Subjects: Humanitarian assistance; Cardiologists; Fiction
Description: Shattered by his wife's death, and by his role in it, successful cardiologist Charles Anderson is looking for meaning and purpose in his life. Voluteering as a doctor at a refugee camp following a devastating earthquake, he finds himself in a remote corner of an impoverished Islamic country in a constant state of conflict with its neighbour. As bombs start to fall, tensions rise to dangerous levels, and the story takes an unexpected turn.