With blood on his hands, embittered David runs away from the Falkland War and travels through Europe looking to find a new beginning. Wandering through large cities including Paris and Madrid he remains dissatisfied. His fate finally brings him to Florence where unwittingly he becomes entangled in the tumulus world of the Zuccato sisters. Maria and Kathleen Zuccato could not be more different and David inadvertently stirs and fills their world with murder and mystery.
Against the wishes of his parents, Thomas Donavan, son of a rich oil tycoon of Alberta, married an Indian girl he met at the university and consequently lost support of his family. Working hard Thomas made his own fortune and when their first son was born their life was complete. But a twist of fate took his wife away and his son, Andrew, moved away from home. Andrew suffering from unfulfilled life returns to Himachal Pradesh (India), a place he had visited once as a teenager. An extraordinary fate puts him in the middle of centuries old struggle of untouchables and a murder. Would this be the end of his struggling life or a beginning of a new life he yearned for?
"In his riveting story, The Last Goodbye, Narendra Simone skillfully portrays the soul of a mother/son relationship in a culture that remains an enigma to so many of us.” – Mike Sirota, author of “Fire Dance” and “The Burning Ground”.
"Reading Desert Song is what I imagine a few evenings to be like of listening to a master story teller take us through the descent of Beowulf. Medieval in its proportions, gruesome in its verity, raw in its necessity, Desert Song exposes the sinister triangulations of politics, religion, and law in a world wrought with dark forces. Our hero, Matt Slater, witnesses unimaginable crimes in his desperate search for a lost child. Startling ironies erupt on each page as Simone's first thriller hurtles us through a journey both disturbing and authentic. Before you read any other book on the Taliban, read this book first." -- Almeda Glenn Miller, author of “Tiger Dreams”
“Right from the beginning I enjoyed Narendra's style ... the picture was drawn and I stepped right into the set ... he cleverly interweaves his characters and gives his reader intrigue and interest in learning the dangerous world of Arabia ... Once I started reading it I could not wait to finish it.”—Praveen Gupta, Published Author of 14 Books
"Narendra is a widely travelled author with an eloquent writing style. Artistic descriptions of the beautiful city of Florence, creates an enriched backdrop for the characters and plot of this novel of romance and intrigue. I began reading this story and could not put it down as it transported me to a culture of great beauty, architecture and art, through the eyes of captivating characters. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Elaine Fuhr, Allbooks Reviews
