The Charismatic Charlie Wade

At this same time, Zayne finally arrived in Syria after a flight which took a day and a night.

Unlike Charlie, he did not have the benefit of taking a Concorde flight to Turkey.

Instead, he landed in Turkey, and drove across the border overnight to enter northern Syria.

When Zayne set foot in Syria, he wanted to die.

He had entered the country illegally, and the route they took was convoluted in order to avoid populated areas such as cities.

He was shocked by this desolate country.

This devastated country was full of deserts, hills, and ruined villages and towns.

The endless deserts and mountains immediately reminded him of an ancient poem, ‘The lonely smoke in the desert is straight, and the sun sets in the long river.’

without

anyone here, but also because getting out of a country where he stood out like a sore thumb would be

him, a sense of desperation settled deep

Mariana Trench, and when he thought it would be impossible to be any

valley, construction on the fortifications

the promise of such a big payout, Hamid’s friend from the construction team

begun to command his workers and the engineering company that Hamid had formed just last

to hurry

in front of him, the soldiers with live ammunition all around him, and the permanent

mountains, so remote that access was next to impossible, and with a level of development which was worse than a small mountain village in

thought this was the base area behind enemy lines during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.” Zayne, in tears, thought to himself that if

This was real!

the convoy stopped in front of Hamid’s command