A book to help Darfur

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Free-Press-Release.com) April 29, 2009 -- In light of the many activities and alerts highlighting attention to the happenings in the conflict-torn region of Darfur, the most recent being Mia Farrow's hunger strike against the decision of the government to expel aid organisations from the region, author John Halsted had already started his own personal campaign three years ago.

Joining the appeal by actress Mia Farrow, Halsted is donating part of the gains of his book to the cause, offering them to an organisation that has a strong reputation and is actively working to help Darfur refugees.

The sequel of the book is due out next year and will focus on the slave trade of Northern Africa highlighting the ages old plight of the people of Darfur.

For more information and to buy the book, please visit www.VikingLegend.com
 
Taklamakan, Legend of the Last Vikings
Synopsis:

As the Viking age is brought to an end in 1066 with ignominious defeat at the battle of Stamford Bridge, a rag-tag group of Vikings conclude the quiet life is not for them and they decide to go-a-Viking one last time.

They retrace a journey of their youth across the European Steppe and down the mighty Dniepr river heading for Byzantium. Sidetracked they travel East through Central Asia and along the Silk Route to China on a quest to find a fellow Viking.
During their journey, they engage in battles with enemies and meet the “lost” European tribe of Asia, the Hepthalites, who offer them protection in their city, hidden in the Tien Shan - the Celestial Mountains, a place where unexpectedly romance is kindled and love unexpectedly blossoms.
The journey continues and the Vikings travel on into the dreaded Taklamakan desert, so called because “those who venture in seldom venture out”.

More danger and peril lies in wait for this rag-tag Viking crew as they travel along the Silk Route, the world's first super-highway.
At the eastern end of their journey they meet the Lang Ren, the Wolf people of Lou Lan, outcasts thieves and criminals living in an abandoned city in the desert. A city in which the final clue to their quest is uncovered.
What fate awaits this motley crew and what fate awaits the Lang Ren, this rejected element of Asian society?


Notes to the Editors:

TearFund is committed to care for people in the context of their family, community and
environment, with a concern for their spiritual, physical, mental, social and emotional well-being.

As such the TearFund partners with local Christian organisations and churches in developing countries. Their partners use local staff who work directly with the poorest people, helping them find their own solutions, cutting out the middleman and reducing costs. Their key activities are child sponsorship, Microenterprise, community development projects and disaster relief.
 
Tearfund relief workers are operating in some of the worst affected areas, alongside partner agencies in both Darfur and neighbouring Chad.

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