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    In the Blue Light of African Dreams
    In the Blue Light of African Dreams
    In the Blue Light of African Dreams
    Audiobook12 hours

    In the Blue Light of African Dreams

    Written by Paul Watkins

    Narrated by Richard Poe

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    About this audiobook

    Halifax had been in French Africa for five years, doing whatever foolhardy, dangerous thing Serailler ordered him to do. It was some time before he finally snapped, but when he did, he opened the throttle, eased back the stick, and lifted straight and high into a dream.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMar 18, 2011
    ISBN9781456124632
    In the Blue Light of African Dreams
    Author

    Paul Watkins

    Paul Watkins is the author of many novels, including The Forger, Archangel, and Night over Day over Night, as well as the memoir Stand Before Your God. He attended the Dragon School at Eton and Yale, and currently lives with his family in Princeton, New Jersey, where he teaches at the Peddie School and Lawrenceville Academy.

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