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The Mountain and The Spring: Avuncular Avatars, Cultish Angels and Magic Ravens
By Hawk Kiefer
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On a Santorini cliff high above the great caldera of that sunny, serene Greek island, Captain Beth Walker marries CIA agent Matt Price. After the ceremony, her nephew, Steven, leaves for nearby Mykonos, only to be assaulted and kidnapped. When Arab television later shows Steven kneeling blindfolded before an
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Hawk Kiefer
Colonel KIEFER commanded a battalion in Vietnam and wears the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart, among other decorations. A senior parachutist, he served in both the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions. In retirement he has written about the American Indian Wars, the Philippine Insurrection, both World Wars, Vietnam, and the Middle East. A fourth generation soldier, he is in demand as a speaker because of his knowledge of Middle East history, familiarity with the Arab World and encounter with Mohammed bin Laden among the Nomads high in the desert mountains above Mecca.
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