The Vanishing Tribe

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Synopsis
A lost city. A missing tribe. And treasure beyond imagining...When archaeologist Annja Creed attends an auction in Botswana featuring personal effects of an infamous explorer, she purchases a small and seemingly unremarkable piece of art. It's not until the explorer's son makes a desperate attempt to steal it that Annja uncovers the secret of the painting...or rather, the secret map behind the painting.The map points to the Lost City of the San tribe, bushmen who had long ago disappeared off the face of the planet and whose city-so legend has it-was once littered with diamonds. But is the map an epic archaeological discovery or a fantastic work of fiction? Compelled to find out, Annja must face not only the perils of the African bush, but a treacherous son determined to take back his father's greatest legacy...no matter what the cost.
Copyright:
2013

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781460312667
Related ISBNs:
9780373621620
Publisher:
Worldwide Library
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Alex Archer
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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A very poor attempt at fiction, this story is a combination of geographical and historical inaccuracies and a legend very few people know of. First of all, Joan of Arc is famous mostly as a martyr. She may indeed have had several swords, and may have known how to use them. But she never used them in battle and never killed anyone according to historical record. Her message of reformation embroiled her in battle. And she was burned at the stake for her beliefs. If she had any magic power that could survive through the generations, it was her message, not an enchanted sword. Fiction as I know it does not contort factual details into fiction and pass them off as true fiction. Real fiction creates both the facts and the details. A subgenre, historical fiction, preserves the integrity of the historical basis for the characters and plots, and adds fictitious elements to carry the plot or to make the characters more believable to the audience. This story attempts to rewrite history and create a new, slipshod, no education required writing style. Horsemen sometimes tell stories to one another and insert inaccurate details as a crutch to carry the narrative, since they do not know the facts. It seems Alex Archer has done the opposite, taking real fact and passing it off as a myth for the sake of writing a fanciful story that should not be mistaken for fiction, or historical fiction.