{"product_id":"the-track-across-the-desert-adrian-mcminn-9781514497142","title":"The Track Across the Desert","description":"\u003cp\u003eKay, a young man has moved from the city to work in a regional centre. He lives in the countryside, in what was an abandoned 1950s house with a dog called Trail, and indulges his interest in an image of an Egyptian Princess from the Amarna period.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe creates a shrine to her on his fireplace mantle, and by his observations to it, Kay accidentally invites communication on with the Princess' world of Egypt in 1350 BCE.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTime around Kay becomes unstable, and he finds himself waking in a forest near his house, with an enigmatic memory of a desert landscape, across which winds a track that leads to the City of Akhetaten, where the Princess lives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn spite of this re-occurring dream, he falls in love with a waitress. He tricks himself into thinking he can walk to the princess' city and return to love the waitress, but his solution on to reconcile his dream with reality proves glib.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArriving in the city we find he is expected, called there, perhaps by the sorcery of a 9 year old black princess of Kush and the Egyptian an queen; however, their sorcery appears to have its own inherent instability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExcept for the authority of the sun, all parties involved in Kay's adventure are misaligned, and they struggle to fulfil their original intentions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter initially being arrested, Kay is given a tour of the city and encounters several notable people; the rebellious Princess of Kush, the humane Master of the Road, the outsider Chief of Police Mahu, and the haunted General Ramose.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe meets the princess of the shrine, and her sisters, and in the Mansion of the Aten, he experiences the sun-god.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBecause Kay is dreaming, he cannot sleep and grows weaker, until a social catastrophe forces him to flee. Now he must discover what there is at the other end of the track across the desert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adrian McMinn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 151449714X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781514497142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Xlibris Au\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Adrian McMinn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48459201839359,"sku":"9781514497142","price":16.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5e75cdea-2af0-41ef-b3f3-777e4b1cede4.jpg?v=1777408525","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-track-across-the-desert-adrian-mcminn-9781514497142","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}