John Corey fears his allotment of good luck may have run out when he signs on as a contract agent with the federal government's Anti-Terroist Task Force and is assigned to apprehend an alleged Libyan terrorist known as "The Lion.".
At the end of the nineteenth century in Libya, eleven-year-old Malika simultaneously enjoys and feels constricted by the narrow world of women, but an injured stranger enters her home and disrupts the traditional order of things.
When the U.S. secretary of state's plane crashes while bringing her to a summit meeting in Libya, the CIA, distrusting the Libyans, hire Juan Cabrillo to search for her--in a manhunt that pits him against Islamic terrorists and a search for answers regarding a centuries-old Islamic manuscript.
Describes the history, geography, economy, culture, people, and government of the North African country of Libya; and includes a time line, fast facts, and a list of resources.
Surveys the geography, history, economy, culture, and people of Libya, the fourth largest country in Africa whose terrain is more than ninety-seven percent desert.
