Description
Under a Raging Sky by Daniel Carney is a sweeping African adventure saga about ambition, obsession, love and the harsh realities behind the dream of finding gold. Patrick Sillitoe, a young English orphan working as a clerk for a large company in Salisbury, longs to escape his ordinary existence and experience the wild, untamed Africa he has imagined from films and adventure stories. His dreams are put aside for a comfortable life with the beautiful and wealthy Judith, until an eccentric old man reignites his desire for adventure and leads him on a quest for gold along the Ruenya, the legendary River of Gold.
Over the next two decades, Patrick’s pursuit takes him through periods of wealth and reckless living, as well as poverty, hardship and the turmoil of Rhodesia’s guerrilla war. An unusual love-hate partnership develops between the two men, while Patrick becomes increasingly consumed by the search for gold. Yet his memories of Judith and his fear of losing her, along with his own self-respect, remain a constant shadow over his ambitions. A vivid story of Africa’s beauty and brutality, and the price of chasing a glittering dream.
