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.’

realized in his heart that without Charlie’s permission, he would not be able to leave Syria in this

of a country where he stood out like a sore thumb would

this realization dawned on him, a sense of desperation settled deep in

his despair grew as deep as the Mariana Trench, and when he thought it would be impossible to be any more desperate, he finally reached the

construction on the fortifications on the mountains on

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

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

were working together to hurry up to

Zayne looked at the desolate valley in front of him, the soldiers with live ammunition all around him, and the permanent fortifications

so remote that access was next to impossible,

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

This was real!

convoy stopped in front of Hamid’s command center under the leadership of