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The Quest for Home: Crossroads, #2
The Quest for Home: Crossroads, #2
The Quest for Home: Crossroads, #2
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The Quest for Home: Crossroads, #2

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Chased by a ruthless and powerful enemy, Xhosa flees with her People, leaving behind a certain life in her African homeland to search for an unknown future. She leads her People on a grueling journey through unknown and dangerous lands. As they struggle to overcome treachery, lies, danger, tragedy, hidden secrets, and Nature herself, Xhosa must face the reality that her most dangerous enemy isn't the one she expected. It may be one she has trusted with her life. 

The story is set 850,000 years ago, a time in prehistory when man populated most of Eurasia. He was a violent species, fully capable of addressing the many hardships that threatened his survival except for one: future man, a smarter version of himself, one destined to obliterate any who came before.

This is a Hero's Journey. Early man is the Hero and survival -- or extinction -- is the journey. My hero--as befits a thriller--is bigger-than-life and regularly does the impossible. Which is good because the future of mankind is at stake.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherJacqui Murray
Release dateSep 18, 2019
ISBN9781942101413
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