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.’

his heart that without Charlie’s permission, he would not be

he didn’t know anyone here, but also because getting out of a country where he

him, a sense of

thought it would be impossible to be any more desperate, he

on the fortifications on the mountains on both sides was in full

Hamid’s friend from the construction team in Iraq arrived in Syria in just over ten

workers and the engineering company that Hamid had formed just last

together to hurry up to complete the

soldiers with live ammunition all around him, and the permanent fortifications being actively built, he was

remote that access was next to impossible, and with a level of development which

to himself that if the TV series “Bright Sword” were moved here to film, it would definitely be more believable than the current version on

This was real!

his face, the convoy stopped in front of Hamid’s command center