Born Under a Million Shadows

The Taliban have disappeared from Kabul's streets but the long shadows of their brutal regime remain. In his short life eleven-year-old Fawad has known more grief than most: his father and brother have been killed his sister has been abducted and Fawad and his mother Mariya must rely on the charity of family to eke out a hand-to-mouth existence. Then Mariya finds a position as housekeeper for a charismatic western woman Georgie and Fawad dares to hope for an end to their struggle. He soon discovers that his beloved Georgie is caught up in a dangerous love affair with the powerful Afghan warlord Haji Khan a legendary name on the streets of Kabul. At first resentful of Haji Khan's presence Fawad learns that love can move a man to act in surprising ways and an overwhelming act of generosity persuades him of the warlord's good intentions. But even a man as influential as Haji Khan can't protect Fawad from the next tragedy to blight his young life a tragedy so devastating that it threatens to destroy the one thing Fawad thought he could never lose: his love for his country.