Egyptian Gold, And the Wages of Love

This story combines adventure, history, travel, intrigue and romance into a fun 'wonder what will happen next' reading experience. A 26-year old Stanford graduate geologist and his survey team travel from Tripoli, Libya over the vast Sahara to Alexandria, Egypt during the Arab holy month of Ramadan. Once there, the team helps a wealthy Egyptian born Sicilian family smuggle dollars and gold away from the nationalistic regime of a rising dictator. The reader will experience Libya's oil boom and a very brief discussion of exploration techniques used at the time, a descriptive walk through an Arab Medina, a description of the world's largest desert, a belly dance through the eyes of the young bachelor, flights over the Mediterranean and once in Sicily some complications, a torrid love affair, and the consequences of life changing decisions, and that is only a portion. The author has developed each main character into a real and interesting individual. A portion of this story is based on the author's personal experiences in Libya in the early 1960s.

This story combines adventure, history, travel, intrigue and romance into a fun 'wonder what will happen next' reading experience. A 26-year old Stanford graduate geologist and his survey team travel from Tripoli, Libya over the vast Sahara to Alexandria, Egypt during the Arab holy month of Ramadan. Once there, the team helps a wealthy Egyptian born Sicilian family smuggle dollars and gold away from the nationalistic regime of a rising dictator. The reader will experience Libya's oil boom and a brief on exploration techniques, a walk through an Arab Medina, a description of the world's largest desert, a belly dance through the eyes of the young bachelor, flights over the Mediterranean and once in Sicily some complications, a torrid love affair, and the consequences of life changing decisions. Each main character has been developed into a person you will get to know and understand. A portion of this story is based on the author's personal experiences in Libya in the 1960s.

Dan Feltham is retired and living the quiet life in Southern California with his loving wife, Erika. He is a graduate Geologist of Stanford University. After working several years in North Africa in petroleum exploration, he switched disciplines and pursued an extensive career with the IBM Corporation in what I prefer to call 'problem solving' and management, including several years each in Hawaii, Southeast Asia, Saudi Arabia and Southern California. He has enjoyed international travel and also owned and raced sailboats most of his life. He is the author of eight other e-Pub adventure novels, Trade Winds Calling, The Catalina Connection, Mount Rushmore's Legacy, The Edge of Time, a San Diego County award winner Terror in the Gulf, then Mexican Standoff, Sahara Sands as a Memoir, and Copper Canyon. As background material for sailing episodes within several of his books, Dan can refer to bareboat sailing charters in the Caribbean, Mexican, Tahiti and Fiji waters, extensive racing including the 1976 Olympic Trials and three TransPacific yacht races to Hawaii. Dan also self published a non-fiction account of his personal Vietnam experiences entitled, When Big Blue Went To War, the History of the IBM Corporation's Mission in Southeast Asia During the Vietnam War. The book has been praised by many as a one of a kind look at war from the civilian contractor's personal point of view living within a war zone – a life changing experience for many IBMers. Dan can be reached via e-mail at danfeltham77@gmail.com, and/or his web pages www.dansstories.com.