Rare Earth Book Description:
Marc Royce stares out of the helicopter, a sense of foreboding rising with the volcanic cloud. Below, the Rift Valley slashes across Africa like a scar. Decades of conflicts, droughts, and natural disasters have left their mark.
Dispatched to audit a relief organization, Royce is thrust into the squalor and chaos of Kenyan refugee camps. But his true mission focuses on the area’s reserves of once-obscure minerals now indispensable to high-tech industries. These strategic elements – called rare earths – have inflamed tensions on the world’s statge and stoked tribal rivalries. As Royce prepares to report back to Washington, he seizes on a bold and risky venture for restoring justice to this troubled land.
But this time, Royce may have gone too far.
About the Author:
Davis Bunn is the author of numerous best sellers, with sales totaling more than six million copies including Lion of Babylon. The winner of three Christy Awards for excellence in fiction, he is a lecturer in creative writing and Writer in Residence at Regent’s Park College, Oxford University. Davis and his wife, Isabella, divide their time between England and Florida.
In Rare Earth, readers meet back up with Marc Royce. After being stuck doing paperwork after his last adventure (Lion of Babylon), he is eager to get back out into the field. Little does he know that not only will he be facing danger from all around him, but he will also need to face some things from his past to be able to move forward with his life. He is drawn toward Kitra, the relief worker that he’s been sent to help and observe, but the mission must come first.
Rare Earth has lots of action filled twists and turns. Marc’s faith plays a key role in the success of his mission and his success with the locals. The book does not feel preachy. The interactions between him and the local elders feel genuine. He does not force his beliefs on others – instead, he allows his actions to speak for themselves.
Davis Bunn has a gift for making the pages of the book disappear as he draws you into the story. The relationships in the book are interesting, and you want to see how it will all come together. In this book, Bunn chose not to wrap up all of the loose ends of the story and kept you guessing about several key parts/characters in the story.
I enjoy the fact that I learn more about the regions/cultures in the book as I read the story. With this particular book, it left me wanting to learn more about Africa, the Rift Valley, and rare earth elements. It also gave me more insight into the hardships of Jews who have turned to Christianity.
Rare Earth is another great book by Davis Bunn.
Book Details:
- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (July 1, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 076420906X
- ISBN-13: 978-0764209062
- Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1 x 8.5 inches
- Also available in e-book format.
