Title: The Sands of Time
First published: 1988
Description: ***Spain. A land of eternal passion and unceasing bloodshed.*** From the vengeance of a pitiless tyrant, four women flee the sacred, once-safe walls of a convent: ***LUCIA,*** the proud survivor harboring a murderous secret from the savage clan wars of Sicily...***GRACIELLA,*** the beauty still unpurged of guilt from one reckless, youthful sin...***MEGAN,*** the orphan seeking perilous refuge in the arms of a defiant Basque rebel...and ***TERESA***, the believer haunted by a faith that mocks her with silence. Leaving innocence but not hope behind, they venture into an alien, dazzling world, where each will encounter an unexpected destiny -- and the truth about herself.

When four nuns are forced to flee their Spanish convent in 1976 to face a hostile world, they find themselves pawns in a violent struggle between the outlawed Basque underground movement and the Spanish army under the command of Colonel Ramon Acoca, who is bent on destroying them all.

***The author's other books include "If Tomorrow Comes", "Master of the Game", "Rage of Angels", "Bloodline" and "Windmill of the Gods".***
Subjects: Sidney Sheldon, Adult, Romance, Romantic, Adventure, Crime, Fiction, Literature, Novels, Books, Paperbacks, e-books, Mystery, Intrigue, Spies, Political Thrillers, Thriller, Suspense, Religion, Nuns, Spain, skönlitteratur, New York Times reviewed, Spain, fiction, Fiction, general
Places: Madrid, Barcelona, Pamplona, Spain
People: Don Quixote
Time periods: 1976