Chaker Khazaal

Confessions of a War Child (Lia) Chaker Khazaal

This is the second story of the 'Confessions of a War Child' trilogy. As insurgents storm his castle hours from midnight on New Year?s Eve, the President of Kabar finally gives into his suppressed feelings. He orders his guards to bring forth one of the dissidents he had imprisoned a year before.   When faced with the alluring Lia, surrendering to her deep eyes, he declares his undying love for the first and last time.   In an unexpected gesture of remorse and regret, he forces a letter into her hands:  his Confession about the impending chemical attack he initiated, a final retaliation against his Nation.   Then, as fiercely as he ruled for three decades, taking countless lives along the way, he takes his own with a single bullet to the head ? thus ending his merciless rule.   Chemical bombs have been planted throughout Kabar and the neighboring Saghar, countries at war for years. They will go off at midnight, uniting the two nations in tragedy.   Confessions of a War Child ? Lia navigates through the complex mind of a powerful leader, exploring the dark world of war that precedes the light of peace. Narrated by the President, from the World of the Dead, comes a story of conspiracies and events full of conflict and violence. Through Lia, even in death, he affirms that love can grow amidst the dust of war.