The Kurdish Woman
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About the Book
The Kurdish Woman is a love story between two characters from very different cultures. John Davenport an American Army Special Forces officer. Arya Sintesi is the beautiful and sophisticated daughter of a Turkish politician, and an Agent of Turkey’s secret service. The story chronicles their parallel adventures, after a torrid encounter in Istanbul they are separated. John has an active career in the Army fighting terrorists in Lybia, Jihadists in France, and the Taliban in Afghanistan. Arya, after marrying Homer, her Turkish diplomat fiancé, moved to Madrid, and was tasked with missions in England, Germany, and Paris. Six years after their initial meeting in Ankara, John and Arya unexpectedly ran into each other at which occasion John found out that they had a daughter. John was promoted as Attaché to Tel Aviv, and took part in Israeli missions in Southern Lebanon and in the Gaza Strip. He was deployed undercover to Jordan. After a few years, Arya’s husband passed away and she returned to Turkey. Back home she was arrested during a covert operation in northwest Syria, was tortured and jailed in Tadmore prison, Palmyra. After returning from Jordan, John discovered that Arya had been arrested by the Syrians. He’s going to move heaven and earth in an attempt to try to save her.
About the Author
Luis Rousset is a 1971 PhD graduate in Mineral Engineering from Stanford University. Throughout his career he traveled through the mining areas of Arizona, California and Utah in the United States and in South America , he visited remote areas in Peru during the risky times of the "Sendero Luminoso" and in the Chilean/Argentinian Andes. Driven by his extensive knowledge of different places and cultures, Dr. Rousset only recently began writing novels as a hobby. Dr. Luis and his wife share their time between their home in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and an apartment in NYC. They have two daughters, Adriana who lives in NYC, and Anna Luiza who lives in Boca Raton, FL. and two grandchildren. The Cordillera is Dr. Rousset’s fourth novel.