It's January 1885 and Lars and Katja Neufeld, brother and sister, make a daring escape from Khartoum just before the Mahdi's Muslim army capture it and slaughter the Europeans and other infidels. Disguised as Arabs, the pair follows their father's detailed plan: they sail south in a twenty-foot ketch up the Blue Nile. Their goal is to find refuge in Abyssinia, a Christian nation, migrate to German Equatoria, and then sail to Bavaria, their father's home. Their perilous adventures en route include raging waters, venomous reptiles and aggressive crocodiles, and dangerous encounters with Muslim soldiers and slavers.

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Khartoum was a finalist in the Writer's League of Texa' Manuscript Contest in 2013.

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Lamplight Press, 2014

Paperback format: 9 x 6 inches