Two young people meet on a passenger train and find love at first sight. Four hours later the train crashed in downstate Illinois killing eleven people and injuring more than a hundred. One of the young couples survived to endure the loss of a loving family member while the other suffered extensive injuries. "The cars were scattered like spaghetti. Passengers were slammed through the plate glass windows of the coaches. Rescue squads used acetylene torches to cut rails pinning victims." (Salem Times Commoner, June 12, 1971) They were separated after the crash and mistaken identities thwarted their immediate efforts to find each other setting in motion a twenty year odyssey of searching for each other and near misses. "They were two young people. They had touched. They had held hands. They had embraced and held each other. They had kissed. Together, but for a few hours, they had shared what many believe to be the greatest gift God has bestowed upon mankind, the gift of love.Yet, somehow, Amanda Johnson and Red Ison didn't exist and . . . . were left to wonder why and to wonder what might have been."Praise for "A Train of Destiny: " "Absolutely loved this book, a must read The characters were well fleshed out, and it was effortless to be drawn into their worlds. The story was moving and satisfying to the very end. I can't wait to read Mr. Osborne's next book " Ted Bates, March 17 2014
" Il est aussi facile de r ver un livre qu'il est difficile de le faire. " Honor de Balzac " Un train et des lions" une epop e africaine Pour contr ler la route des Indes, il faut contr ler l'Egypte. Pour contr ler l'Egypte, il faut contr ler le Nil. Pour contr ler le Nil, il faut contr ler ses sources.... 1889, les mots du Haut--commissaire de sa Majest britannique en Egypte annoncent le d fi venir. Le projet d'une ligne ferroviaire va se concr tiser. Un train victorien proposera de traverser l'Afrique de l'Est: de Mombasa, sur la c te de l'ocean Indien, il am nera jusqu' Nairobi et au- del , jusqu'aux rives du Lac Victoria. Mais pour cela, l'Angleterre doit s'imposer dans une Afrique singuli re et tonnante par ses paysages, sa faune, ses peuples et sa situation g opolitique. Une r gion du globe qui attire autant les convoitises que des personnages hors du commun. Un millier de kilom tres, sept ann es de chantier, cinq millions de livres sterling: un chantier ph nom nal sur une terre en plein bouleversement... Passionnante, incroyablement riche, foisonnant d'informations, cette grande page d'histoire se lit comme un roman. Avec rigueur et passion, l'auteur parvient mettre en relief tous les acteurs et enjeux de l' poque pour comprendre et redonner vie cette incroyable aventure.
