The Flight of the Swallow

Long ago the poet Omar Khayyam wrote: “Tis all a chequer board of nights and days were Destiny with men for pieces plays; hither and thither moves and mates and slays, and one by one back in the closet lays.”

Set in wartime Malaya, written from the rich tapestry of life, this is a moving tale of the adventures that befall the protagonists. This fast moving narrative continues to follow the fortunes two lovers and other characters from the earlier novels; the escapes, dangers and hardships, and the tortures and torments suffered. There are halcyon days and days of tempest; there are bliss and heartbreak, partings and meetings: saints and sinners; torment and rapture and the pangs of unrequited love, There are villains and bandits, in a rich mixture of humanity. All life is here from alpha to omega.