ASIN: B00951DLG0
Publisher: unknown
Pages: 419
1869; Marco, a 25-year-old from Californian, retraces the Silk Road through the heart of Muslim Central Asia, where ‘infidels’ dare not venture without risking their life. Saving a young blonde woman from drowning, he falls in love with her and her twin sister, both adopted by Mongol nomads after their gypsy mother died. From what he learns about them, he suspects that the latter, in fact, stole them as infants from their birth parents, most likely of Swedish origin. Could he find them 16 years later? He now engages in a daring scheme by marrying one, paying the customary bride price, but vowing not to consummate the marriage until she has grown to love him. He kidnaps the willing sister, and the three flee from the pursuing nomads, which leads them on a perilous journey over inhospitable mountain ranges and through lands ruled by lawless despots. The twins struggle with personal ...
