Veiled Freedom - Softcover

Windle, Jeanette

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0990317625 ISBN 13: 9780990317623

Publisher: Taraja Press, 2014

Synopsis

KABUL, 2001 -- American forces have freed Afghanistan from the Taliban. Kites have returned to the skies. Women have removed their burqas. There is dancing in the streets. Eight years later, Afghanistan is a far cry from those first images of a country freed from Taliban rule. When Special Forces veteran Steve Wilson returns to Kabul as security chief to the minister of interior, he is disillusioned with the corruption and violence that has overtaken the country he fought to free. Relief worker Amy Mallory arrives in Afghanistan ready to change the world. She soon discovers that as a Western woman, the challenges are monumental. Afghan native Jamil returns to his homeland seeking work, but a painful past continues to haunt him. All three are searching for truth and freedom when a suicide bombing brings them together on Kabul's dusty streets. But what is the true source of freedom -- and its cost? ~ Award-winning author and journalist Jeanette Windle has more than a dozen books in print. Jeanette has lived in six countries and traveled in nearly thirty, including Afghanistan. Her detailed research leads to writing so realistic that it has prompted government agencies to question her to determine if she has receive classified information. Jeanette and her husband reside in Lancaster, PA.

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From the Author:

Despite the ugliness of war, I rejoiced in the post-9/11 overthrow of Afghanistan's Taliban, believing it presaged new hope for freedom and peace in that region. Neither freedom nor peace ever materialized. Instead today's headlines reflect the rising violence, corruption, lawlessness and despair. The signing of Afghanistan's new constitution, establishing an Islamic republic under sharia law--and paid for with U.S. dollars and the blood of American soldiers--tolled a death knell for any hope of real democracy. And yet the many players I've met in this drama have involved themselves for the most part with the best of intentions. The more I came to know the region and love its people, I was left asking, "Can outsiders ever truly purchase freedom for another culture or people?"

That question birthed VEILED FREEDOM. A suicide bombing brings together a disillusioned Special Forces veteran, an idealistic relief worker, and an Afghan refugee on Kabul's dusty streets. The ensuing explosion will not only test the hypocrisy of Western leadership and Afghanistan's new democracy, but start all three on their own personal quest. What is the true source of freedom--and its cost?"

About the Author:

As the child of missionary parents, award-winning author and journalist Jeanette Windle grew up in the rural villages, jungles, and mountains of Colombia, now guerrilla hot zones. Her detailed research and writing is so realistic that it has prompted government agencies to question her to determine if she has received classified information. Currently based in Lancaster, PA, Jeanette has lived in six countries and traveled in some thirty, including Afghanistan. She has more than a dozen books in print, including best-selling CrossFire and Tyndale House Publishers release, Betrayed.

About this edition

• Publisher: Taraja Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0990317625
• ISBN 13: 9780990317623
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 454