The shifting sands

The Shifting Sands is a tale of love, sacrifice, and survival. Various sexual and affectional attractions constitute the core of the plot.In the 1950s, decolonization is shaking the world , the empires are crumbling. In Northern Africa, the Algerian War of Independence from France is raging.Outside Mers-el-Kebir, Alicia rules over the plantation of her aristocratic Andalusian ancestors. She is flamboyant, eccentric, and a thorn in the side of the upper-class colonial establishment. The conflict escalates. Will Colonel Michel d'Anset, her devoted yet controversial companion, be able to continue shielding her from the ever increasing deprivations and threats that coil around the domain? Federico, her nephew, abandoned by his mother, lands at Oran Harbor; his arrival transforms Alicia's and Michel's lives. As the months unfold, the trio gets entrapped in the powerful webs of love and hate ; forbidden passions are played out. What awaits them lies in the secrets of the shifting sands of the Sahara.