Product Description

Wake of the Raven is a story of the world's corruption, of
forbidden desire and its awful consequences.

In 1951 Stuart seeks to
repair his broken marriage, and heads back to England in pursuit of his
faithless wife. He must first cross the South China Sea to Singapore, a
minor step in the voyage. But when an accident burdens him with the care of
a precocious girl, the journey becomes a nightmarish odyssey through storm,
desire and death.

The mere hundred miles or so of sea is now an
impassable barrier, confining him and his bitter thoughts to a narrow strip
of sand and jungle, and he is reduced to an animal struggle for survival,
with nothing but the girl and thoughts of the dead to help him.

Like all
people, evil wars in him with good, fear with ambition, desire with
conscience. But when the girl's greater problems arouse his sympathy, it
seems that good will triumph, for he unselfishly promises his help.

The
result is a disaster that strides towards him fully armed, with disgrace,
murder and suicide clenched in its fists.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2611591 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

About the Author
Graham started his first story in England, when he was eleven
years old. Then real life intervened, and for many years he travelled the
world, collecting true stories that were stranger than fiction. He now
lives in London and Toronto.

Customer Reviews

Lolita in the South Pacific
Author Graham Worthington has created a fictional world in "Wake of the Raven" that isn't easily categorized. It's not your standard adventure yarn, nor is it a survivor tale filled with moments of high anxiety. In this book, which has The Raven (an airplane) crashing near a deserted island, a young man and a pre-pubescent girl are the only survivors. The way they find a way to eke out a living and to continue to hope for rescue is infectious and endlessly intriguing. But it isn't until the psychological drama begins that the book gathers speed. As they await for help to arrive, the man becomes unavoidably attracted to the young girl, who runs around in a perfectly understandable state of undress. She is curious about him and he is tormented by her, until it seems the man's sanity will crack.
Without giving away the ending, this book thoroughly plums the soul of a sexually aware man who also is burdened with the yoke of cultural responsibility, resulting in a conflict so deep it threatens both characters.
The island scenes are interspersed with scenes of a more stiff-upper-lip scandal unfolding in London. It's an interesting foil to the drama unfolding on the island.
Coming from a small publisher, this book has some editing gaffes that a larger house would have tidied up. But don't let that stop you from enjoying this most penetrating look at sex, morals, and the business of living from day to day in a world perhaps not so different from our own.

By Lynn Blumenthal, author of "Excited Light," available on amazon. (Reproduced from Lynn's original review on amazon.com)