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'Light of the Desert': Dramatic New Novel Shares Tale of Young Woman's Battle to Ancient Tradition

'Farid Fendil believed he had to save his family name before his religious peers. But a man cannot gamble with the hand of fate or oppose the will of Allah. This truth, he neglected to honor. And so begins the story of his daughter Noora, Light of the Desert.' -- Lucette Walters

SAN DIEGO, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Within some very wealthy and elite Middle Eastern families, there is a secret and ancient practice rarely heard of in the Western world: honor killing. This unspoken law allows men the right to kill their daughters or female relatives without consequences, if it is believed that they have dishonored their family name. Noora Fendil, the favorite daughter of an influential Middle Eastern businessman, becomes the target of such a crime, and her incredible escape and evasion of those bent on taking her down are the crux of this engaging new novel by Lucette Walters, "Light of the Desert" (published by AuthorHouse - http://www.authorhouse.com/).

Enthralling and fast-paced, "Light of the Desert" follows Noora as she is drugged and trapped in a compromising situation by Zaffeera, her jealous younger sister, who has devised a diabolical plot to destroy Noora's happiness. Just three months shy of Noora's lavish wedding to her childhood sweetheart, fabricated evidence of Noora's "moral crime" is presented to her father, who attempts to restore the family honor by executing her.

The loving hands that once taught her how to swim were drowning her. The
twenty-one years of her life flashed before her ... Her chest burned as
her lungs filled with water. She needed to breathe, she had to breathe
now! She had to beg for his mercy, for whatever the cause, she didn't
know. If she could just reach the surface -- and ask, WHY? Too weak to
struggle, Noora was pulled into a dark vortex.

But, unbeknownst to her father, Noora survives and her amazing and courageous adventure begins. Her dangerous path takes her halfway around the world, from her family's mansion in Jordan, to Israel, to a Bedouin village in the Sahara Desert, to Alexandria, Egypt, to the French Riviera, on to Paris, New York, Hollywood, and Hawaii. All along the way, she must hide her true identity in the hope of one day returning to prove her innocence, as she is stalked relentlessly by her former bodyguard, a fundamentalist who discovered she is still alive and will stop at nothing to bring her back to so-called "justice." Follow Noora on this fresh, amazing journey of survival and courage.

Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Lucette Walters grew up in Paris and Chicago. She moved to Los Angeles, where she began a career in film, and now lives in Southern California and Hawaii.

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