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Download or read book The Capture of the Sabine Women written by Nathan Kilgore and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After spending a year in the African village of Kiboyo, Adam Moxley ventures to another small village in the Ugandan bush. There, he assists a local pastor at a small orphanage,coming face to face with children dying of AIDS.Before heading back to the United States, Adam stops in Venice, where he meets up with his good friend Tom. While Tom and Adam enjoy the richness of Venice, Adam soon forgets about thetragedy in Uganda when he meets and falls in love with Jade, an American studying abroad.Adam's attention is quickly pulled back to the Ugandan orphans, however, when he learns that the children are being sold into slavery and child prostitution. Adam is shattered when hediscovers the one behind the exploitation, and he becomes determined to bring an end to the tragedy.Referencing the history behind Giambologna's 1574 sculpture The Capture of the Sabine Women, Kilgore's novel floats the reader down the waterways of Venice, leaving passion andjustice in its wake.Edited by Corene Israel