The Garden of Burning Sand - Hardcover

In this brilliant follow-up to his debut, "A Walk Across the Sun," Corban Addison again explores an urgent human story within the framework of a compelling thriller. On a dark night in Lusaka, Zambia, an adolescent girl is brutally assaulted. In shock, she cannot speak. Her identity is a mystery. Where did she come from? Was the attack a random street crime or a premeditated act? The girl's case is taken up by Zoe Fleming, a human rights lawyer working in Africa. A betrayal in her own past gives the girl's plight a special resonance for Zoe, and she is determined to find the perpetrator and seek justice. Also investigating on behalf of the Zambian police is Joseph Kabuta. At first reluctant to work together, they team up. Yet their progress is thwarted at every turn and it soon becomes clear that their opponents are every bit as powerful and determined as they are corrupt.

""The Garden of Burning Sand" is a face-paced thriller that authentically captures the plight of young women in much of Africa today and clearly lays out the complexity of combating HIV on the continent. It was a thoroughly enjoyable novel." "Andrew Fullem, Director of the John Snow, Inc. and World Education Center for HIV""

"A hauntingly good read. "The Garden of Burning Sand "is a powerful and moving novel..this fast-paced, engaging story...make it deserving of reader's complete attention. This one's an absolute must-read." ""Romantic Times Book Review Magazine- TOP PICK!"""

"The Garden of Burning Sand is a face-paced thriller that authentically captures the plight of young women in much of Africa today and clearly lays out the complexity of combating HIV on the continent. It was a thoroughly enjoyable novel." Andrew Fullem, Director of the John Snow, Inc. and World Education Center for HIV"

"A John Grisham-like page-turner that will make you read deep into the night, for Addison is a master storyteller. . . he will blaze a trail across the world with books that twist your heart as they inform your thinking." Business Day Live"

"A compelling novel with a conscience and a heart, gripping in its drama and unique in its insights into a hidden and dangerous world. Resonant with authenticity, The Garden of Burning Sand rewards the reader on every level." Richard North Patterson, author of Eden in Winter"

"Addison delivers another compelling novel exposing human rights violations.... A sense of urgency will keep readers engrossed, and, despite the tragedy depicted, they will also find comforting themes connected to love and family. Fans of Addison's first novel and readers who enjoy socially conscious fiction will want this." Andrea Brooks, Library Journal"

"Compelling. . . chock full of suspense and emotion" Pride"

"Corban Addison is a rare find in the world of thriller writers. Timely, topical, and impeccably researched, his novels embrace the full sweep of the human experience. Depravity. Destruction. Heroism. Love. If you like stories of good people struggling to do right in the world's forgotten places, there is no one better suited to take you on the ride of your life." John Hart, Edgar-award-winning author of The New York Times bestseller The Last Child"

"A hauntingly good read. The Garden of Burning Sand is a powerful and moving novel..this fast-paced, engaging story...make it deserving of reader's complete attention. This one's an absolute must-read." Romantic Times Book Review Magazine- TOP PICK!"

"Addison's debut novel, A Walk Across the Sun, was an international best-seller, and The Garden of Burning Sand should build an even larger audience for him. Like John Grisham, the foremost practitioner of the legal thriller, Addison - a Virginia resident and an attorney - understands how to evoke emotion, as well as thrills." Doug Childers, The Richmond Times-Dispatch"