Mystified

Amid the destructive environmental impact of humanity in the 20th century, one family takes a stand; providing hope for planet sustainability in the new millennium. From engineering the fall of Czar Nicholas in 1917 Russia to the first Gulf War, an extraordinary family saga unfolds against the backdrop of real world events. Stephan, sole family survivor from the Russian revolution, establishes a rural base of operations in America, laying the foundation for a family empire based on commercial food production. Within the crucible of internal family conflict, expansion and growth in commercial farming evolves into a long-range family effort to sustain Earth's resources. Present day main character, Jim, chafing under a father's iron will, leaves home and a childhood sweetheart for the Navy. While deployed to the Persian Gulf clearing sea mines, a chance encounter sparks an intimate relationship between Jim and the mistress of a wealthy Arab businessman from Bahrain. Disillusioned by the politics of oil, Jim returns to his rural Appalachian roots after a thirteen-year absence and finds himself confronted with an altruistic family mission and a son from his childhood sweetheart. Jim, newfound son, sweetheart and family mission all hang in the balance when the Middle East reaches out from the past to threaten his new way of life. The story culminates in a tragic event providing an opportunity for Jim's family to make the desert bloom.

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