Corban Addison

When a tsunami rages through their coastal town in India, 17-year-old Ahalya Ghai and her 15-year-old sister Sita are left orphaned and homeless. As they struggle to reach the safe haven of the convent where they attend school, they are abducted by human traffickers and thrust into a hidden world of sexual violence and illicit commerce, where the most valuable prize is the innocence of a child. Halfway across the world, in Washington, D.C., attorney Thomas Clarke faces his own personal and professional crises. Haunted by the tragic death of his infant daughter and estranged from his wife, he makes the fateful decision to pursue a pro bono sabbatical in India with an NGO that prosecutes the subcontinent's human traffickers. In Mumbai, his conscience awakens as he sees firsthand the horrors of the sex trade and the corrupt judicial system that fosters it. When he learns the fate of Ahalya and Sita, Clarke makes it his personal mission to rescue them, setting the stage for a deadly showdown with an international network of ruthless criminals. Spanning three continents and two cultures, this story chronicles an unforgettable journey through the underworld of modern slavery and into the darkest and most resilient corners of the human heart.

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A walk across the sun

Corban Addison's debut novel, A Walk Across the Sun, made waves when it was first published, called "pulse-revving with a serious message," by O, the Oprah magazine. John Grisham said, "Addison has written a novel that is beautiful in its story and also important in its message. A Walk Across The Sun deserves a wide audience." A trained lawyer committed to the cause of advancing international human rights and abolishing modern slavery, Addison has written a novel that enlightens while it entertains; A Walk Across the Sun brings together three of Addison's great passions--storytelling, human rights, and the world's many cultures. Ahalya Ghai and her younger sister Sita are as close as sisters can be. But when a tsunami rips through their coastal village, their home is swept away, and the sisters are the sole survivors of their family. Destitute, their only hope is to find refuge at a convent many miles away. A driver agrees to take them. But the moment they get into that car their fate is sealed. The two sisters--confused, alone, totally reliant on each other--are sold. On the other side of the world, Washington lawyer Thomas Clarke is struggling to cope after the death of his baby daughter and the collapse of his marriage. He takes a sabbatical from his high-pressure job and accepts a position with the Bombay branch of an international anti-trafficking group. Thomas is now on a desperate path to try and save not only himself and his marriage, but also the lives of the two sisters. From the Trade Paperback edition.

A Walk Across the Sun

Daniel and Vanessa Parker are an American success story. He is a Washington, D.C. power broker, and she is a physician with a thriving practice. But behind the gilded façade, their marriage is a shambles, and their teenage son, Quentin, is self-destructing. In desperation, Daniel dusts off a long-delayed dream of theirs--a sailing trip around the world. Little does he know, the voyage he hopes will save them may destroy them instead. Half a world away, on the lawless coast of Somalia, Ismail Adan Ibrahim is living a life of crime in violation of everything he was raised to believe--except this: the love and loyalty driving him to hijack ships for ransom and to plot the rescue of his sister, Yasmin, from the man who murdered their father. There is nothing he will not do to save her, even if it means taking innocent life. Paul Derrick is the FBI's top hostage negotiator. His twin sister, Megan, is a celebrated defense attorney. They have reached the summit of their careers by savvy, grit, and a secret determination to escape the memory of the day their family died. When Paul is dispatched to handle a hostage crisis at sea, he has no idea how far it will take Megan and him into the past--or the chance it will give them to redeem the future. Across continents and oceans, through storms and civil wars, their paths converge in a single, explosive moment. It is a moment that will test them, and break them, but that will also leave behind an unexpected glimmer of hope--that out of the ashes of tragedy and misfortune the seeds of justice and reconciliation can grow.

The Tears of Dark Water

A beloved American corporation with an explosive secret. A disgraced former journalist looking for redemption. A corporate executive with nothing left to lose. In Dhaka, Bangladesh, a garment factory burns to the ground, claiming the lives of hundreds of workers, mostly young women. Amid the rubble, a bystander captures a heart-stopping photograph--a teenage girl lying in the dirt, her body broken by a multi-story fall, and over her mouth a mask of fabric bearing the label of one of America's largest retailers, Presto Omnishops Corporation. Eight thousand miles away, at Presto's headquarters in Virginia, Cameron Alexander, the company's long-time general counsel, watches the media coverage of the fire in horror, wondering if the damage can be contained. When the photo goes viral, fanning the flames of a decades old controversy about sweatshops, labor rights, and the ethics of globalization, he launches an investigation into the disaster that will reach farther than he could ever imagine--and threaten everything he has left in the world. A year later, in Washington, D.C., Joshua Griswold, a disgraced former journalist from the Washington Post, receives an anonymous summons from a corporate whistleblower who offers him confidential information about Presto and the fire. For Griswold, the challenge of exposing Presto's culpability is irresistible, as is the chance, however slight, at redemption. Deploying his old journalistic skills, he builds a historic case against Presto, setting the stage for a war in the courtroom and in the media that Griswold is determined to win--both to salvage his reputation and to provoke a revolution of conscience in Presto's boardroom that could transform the fashion industry across the globe.

A Harvest of Thorns

Lusaka, Zambia: Zoe Fleming is a young, idealistic American lawyer working with an NGO devoted to combatting the epidemic of child sexual assault in southern Africa. Zoe’s organization is called in to help when an adolescent girl is brutally assaulted. The girl’s identity is a mystery. Where did she come from? Was the attack a random street crime or a premeditated act? A betrayal in her past gives the girl’s plight a special resonance for Zoe, and she is determined to find the perpetrator. She slowly forms a working relationship, and then a surprising friendship, with Joseph Kabuta, a Zambian police officer. Their search takes them from Lusaka’s roughest neighbourhoods to the wild waters of Victoria Falls, from the AIDS-stricken streets of Johannesburg to the matchless splendour of Cape Town. As the investigation builds to a climax, threatening to send shockwaves through Zambian society, Zoe is forced to radically reshape her assumptions about love, loyalty, family and, especially, the meaning of justice.

The Garden of Burning Sand

John Grisham

The True Story of Farm Country on Trial

Wastelands

Walk Across the Sun

Els van Son

Na de tsunami in 2004 vallen twee Indiase zusjes in handen van mensensmokkelaars en komen in de prostitutie terecht.

Gestolen onschuld

Sita e Ahalya são duas adolescentes de classe média alta que vivem tranquilamente junto de seus familiares, na Índia. Suas vidas tranquilas mudam completamente quando um tsunami destrói a costa leste de seu país, levando com suas ondas a vida dos pais e da avó das meninas. Sozinhas, elas tentam encontrar um modo de recomeçar a vida. Mas elas não devem confiar em qualquer um... Enquanto isso, do outro lado do mundo, em Washington, D. C., o advogado Thomas Clarke enfrenta uma crise em sua vida pessoal e profissional e decide mudar radicalmente: viaja à Índia para trabalhar em uma ONG que denuncia o tráfico de pessoas e tenta reatar com sua esposa, que o abandonou. Suas vidas se cruzarão em um cenário exótico, envolto por uma terrível rede internacional de criminosos. Abrangendo três continentes e duas culturas, Cruzando o Caminho do Sol nos leva a uma inesquecível jornada pelo submundo da escravidão moderna e para dentro dos cantos mais escuros e fortes do coração humano.

Cruzando o Caminho do Sol

Con esta emocionante novela ambientada en Mumbai, París y Estados Unidos nos embarcamos en un viaje estremecedor por el inframundo de la esclavitud moderna, a través de la historia del calvario de dos jóvenes huérfanas arrastradas por el tráfico internacional del sexo. Cuando un tsunami arrasa el pueblo de la costa india donde viven, Alhaya Ghai, de diecisiete años, y su hermana Sita, de quince, se quedan huérfanas y sin hogar. Desamparadas, su única esperanza es refugiarse en su colegio, a kilómetros de allí. Pero nada más emprenderel viaje, las jóvenes son raptadas, vendidas al propietario de un burdel de la capital, Mumbai, y separadas. Así empieza su descenso hacia los abismos del tráfico internacional del sexo y de seres humanos, un escalofriante submundo donde la inocencia de una niña es el bien más preciado. Al otro lado del mundo, en Washington, el abogado Thomas Clarke está enfrentándose a una crisis personal y profesional. A la trágica muerte de su hija siguió la ruptura con su esposa. Ahora, con su brillante carrera en entredicho, decide marcharse durante un tiempo a Mumbai y colaborar allí con una ONG que lucha contra el tráfico de personas. No sospecha que ha dado el primer paso en una odisea personal que lo llevará a recorrer el mundo, a enfrentarse a una red de despiadados criminales y a salvar no solo su matrimonio sino también la vida de una joven desconocida. Una trepidante y conmovedora novela sobre la crueldad y la pérdida; sobre la familia y la supervivencia. Una novela sobre el poder del amor y la fortaleza inconmensurable del espíritu humano.

Un camino a través del sol

Ahalya Ghai and her younger sister Sita are as close as sisters can be. But their loving and secure childhood ends abruptly one day when a tsunami rips through their village on India's Coromandel coast. Their home is swept away, and Ahalya and Sita are the sole survivors of their family. Destitute, their only hope is to find refuge at a convent in Chennai, many miles away. A driver agrees to take them. But the moment they get into that car their fate is sealed. The two sisters - confused, alone, totally reliant on each other - are sold. Worse, they are separated. On the other side of the world, Washington lawyer Thomas Clarke is struggling to cope after the death of his baby daughter and the collapse of his marriage to Priya. He takes a sabbatical from his high-pressure job and accepts a position with the Bombay branch of an international anti-trafficking group. Thomas is now on a path that not only involves saving himself and his marriage, but the lives of two sisters who cannot bear to be apart. Spanning the globe, A Walk Across the Sun is an unforgettable tale of the transformative power of love, even in the face of unimaginable obstacles.

A searing story of survival against all the odds

Zoe Fleming is an American attorney working with an NGO devoted to combating child sexual assault in Lusaka, Zambia. When an adolescent girl is raped in the dark of night and delivered by strangers to the hospital, Zoe's organization is called in to help. Working alongside Zambian police officer Joseph Kabuta, Zoe learns that the girl's assailant was not a street kid or a pedophile but the son of a powerful industrialist with deep ties to the Zambian government. As the prosecution against him grinds forward, hampered by systemic corruption and bureaucratic inertia, Zoe and Joseph's search for the truth takes them from Lusaka's roughest neighborhoods to the wild waters of Victoria Falls, to the AIDS-ridden streets of Johannesburg and the splendour of Cape Town. As the rape trial builds to a climax and sends shockwaves through Zambian society, Zoe must radically reshape her assumptions about love, loyalty, family--and, especially, the meaning of justice.

I fiori di sabbia

The New York Times bestselling author John Hart raved that "If you like stories of good people struggling to do right in the world's forgotten places, there is no one better suited than Corban Addison to take you on the ride of your life." In The Garden of Burning Sand, Addison, the bestselling author of A Walk Across the Sun, creates a powerful and poignant novel that takes the reader from the red light areas of Lusaka, Zambia, to the gilded chambers of the Washington, D.C. elite, to the splendor of Victoria Falls and Cape Town. Zoe Fleming, an accomplished young human rights attorney, has made a life for herself in Zambia, far from her estranged father--an American business mogul with presidential aspirations--and from the devastating betrayals of her past. When a young girl with Down syndrome is sexually assaulted in a Lusaka slum, Zoe joins Zambian police officer Joseph Kabuta in investigating the rape. Piecing together clues from the victim's past, they discover an unsettling connection between the girl--Kuyeya--and a powerful Zambian family who will stop at nothing to bury the truth. As they are drawn deeper into the complex web of characters behind this appalling crime, Zoe and Joseph forge a bond of trust and friendship that slowly transforms into love. Opposed on all sides, they find themselves caught in a dangerous clash between the forces of justice and power. To successfully prosecute Kuyeya's attacker and build a future with Joseph, Zoe must risk her life and her heart--and confront the dark past she thought she had left behind.

"Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and told with the air of suspense that few writers can handle, Wastelands is a story I wish I had written." —John Grisham The once idyllic coastal plain of North Carolina is home to a closely knit, rural community that, for more than a generation, has battled the polluting practices of large-scale farming taking place in its own backyard. After years of frustration and futility, an impassioned cadre of local residents, led by a team of intrepid and dedicated lawyers, brought suit against one of the world’s most powerful companies—and, miraculously, they won. As vivid and fast-paced as a novel, Wastelands takes us into the heart of a legal battle over the future of America’s farmland, and into the lives of the people who found the courage to fight. With unparalleled entrée to the court­room, Corban Addison captures the stirring and unforgettable struggle to bring a modern-day monopoly to its knees, to force a once invincible corporation to change, and to preserve the rights—and restore the heritage—of a long-suffering community.

L'altra metà del sole

November 2011: Somali pirates hijack a sailboat, taking Americans Daniel Parker and his teenaged son, Quentin, hostage. The tense standoff orchestrated by negotiator Paul Derrick ends in tragedy, leaving Quentin’s mother, Vanessa, struggling to maintain hope. The pirates are extradited to stand trial in the United States, and a young man named Ismail is identified by his cohorts as their leader. Fearing that the truth will endanger the only person he has left in the world—his sister, Yasmin—Ismail stays quiet, but his lawyer’s investigation threatens everything as she traces Ismail’s journey from Mogadishu to a Kenyan refugee camp to the large Somali immigrant community in Minneapolis. As tension mounts, Ismail must put everything on the line to reveal the truth behind the attack.

Tears of Dark Water

Wilbur A. Smith

The new novel by Wilbur Smith and the prequel to A Falcon Flies.

Call of the Raven

Wilbur Smith

Dal maestro della narrativa d’avventura, un romanzo appassionante sul destino e la brutalità della natura umana. Un'eredità rubata. Un amore proibito. Una sete di vendetta così bruciante che potrebbe distruggere ogni cosa. Figlio di un influente proprietario terriero della Virginia, Mungo St John ha sempre dato per scontati la ricchezza e il lusso in cui è vissuto grazie ai privilegi di cui godeva la sua famiglia. Finché non riceve la notizia che il padre è morto e, una volta tornato a casa dall'università, scopre che il subdolo Chester Marion, l’avvocato che da sempre si occupa delle proprietà dei St John, li ha mandati in rovina e si è appropriato con l'inganno della sua eredità e di tutto ciò che gli spetta di diritto. E come se non bastasse ha costretto Camilla, la giovane schiava di cui lui è innamorato da sempre, a diventare sua amante. Spinto dalla rabbia e dall'amore, Mungo giura di vendicarsi e da quel momento in poi dedica la propria esistenza a distruggere Marion... e a salvare Camilla. Mentre lei, che in quanto schiava non ha modo di sottrarsi alle angherie del suo brutale padrone, deve piegarsi al proprio destino e imparare a sopravvivere come può, Mungo lotta contro ogni sorta di avversità, spinto dalla sete di vendetta e dalla volontà di riconquistare il proprio status. Ma fino a che punto sarà disposto a spingersi per sopravvivere e ottenere ciò che desidera? Un'avventura travolgente e piena d’azione, che attraverso il passato di uno dei suoi personaggi più controversi, Mungo St John, indimenticabile protagonista di Quando vola il falco, ci racconta della brutalità dello schiavismo in America e della potenza dei sentimenti che possono farci crescere, oppure distruggerci.

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