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The Trilogy for Freedom
The Trilogy for Freedom
The Trilogy for Freedom
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The Trilogy for Freedom

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Will a war heroine turned activist drown in a Long Island wetland? Delve into her psyche as she weighs her choice to care against her need to belong.

 

Book 1: A Fado for the River

Caught up in the chaos as the Portuguese revolution raged in Mozambique, Gida fled the three warring factions that wanted her secret. Escaping from the secret police, she fell in love with a foreign student, but their ideas of freedom tore them apart. Years slip by, then a singer reveals his deepest secret buried in the mournful lyric of a fado--the traditional Portuguese song form. Now blackmailed, this American executive won't stop searching for the spy whose death he faked. (Gida reappears in Book Three, The Drowning Bay.)

 

Book 2: Atone for the Ivory Cloud

When cybercriminals steal her music compositions, the FBI tells her they are using her website to trade ivory on the dark web. Her quest to win back her freedom takes her from Manhattan to a poisoned elephant waterhole in Tanzania, and ultimately to a prison in upstate New York.

 

Book 3: The Drowning Bay

Allison returns in this book after serving time, but her freedom hinges on keeping a secret from an adopted refugee boy--Gida's adopted son. Gida (from Book 1), the unsung heroine of Mozambique's war of liberation, is now an environmental activist—and is missing. With the hacking skills that sent her to prison Allison discovers the activist's unpublished blog. Gida is never coming home. Will Allison risk her freedom to belong?

 

If you enjoy delving into the psyche of driven characters who must weigh ethical choices against a global responsibility to the environment, then...

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"The Drowning Bay is ambrosia for fans of Geoffrey Wells's blue-ribbon ecosuspense trilogy. This exhilarating final installment brings together the major players in an intriguing new setting, the semirural east end of Long Island, which is depicted with such skill and affection that it feels like a living, breathing character. The story takes the reader deep into Allison's psyche while exploring issues of conservation, ethics, and conflicting responsibilities. I'm eager to see what future projects Mr. Wells has in store for his readers."— Pamela Burford, best-selling author of Undertaking Irene

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Release dateFeb 17, 2022
ISBN9780998166681
The Trilogy for Freedom
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Geoffrey Wells

Geoffrey Wells is the author of three stand-alone novels on freedom, now a series entitled, The Trilogy for Freedom. In his latest eco-thriller/romantic suspense, *The Drowning Bay*, based on a water crisis and climate change, published in 2021, Wells looks at what the responsibility of freedom means and how it might lead to finding a belonging in a lost ecosystem. Inspired by his ascent of Kilimanjaro in 2003 and horrified by the devastation of elephants, he published, *Atone for the Ivory Cloud*, in 2016. Wells writes about how respect for all life liberates us. *A Fado for the River*, published in 2011, is based on his experience in Mozambique one year before the Portuguese revolution spilled into the colony, Wells explores the quest for personal freedom, which grew out of a nation struggling for its liberation. Wells started writing fiction after a career in IT, rising to VP and CIO at two major broadcasting companies. Concurrent with his corporate life, he wrote and produced an award-winning animated film, The Shadow of Doubt, directed by his wife, Cynthia Wells, an animator and painter. The film showed in 27 film festivals and won 5 awards. In 2015 he edited, designed and published the award-winning children’s book, Moonglow written by Peggy Dickerson and illustrated by Cynthia Wells. He lives on the North Fork of Long Island where he participates in triathlons and swims the open water with his wife and their dog, Luciano.

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