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Impressed from the decades he spent in Afghanistan and Pakistan as agency chief with The Associated Press, John Havenis delicately constructed story is crammed with information on every day life in this distant and often ignored area of the globe. Freely on the basis of the famous Golden Hoard of Bactria--the famous concealed treasure found in northern Afghanistan in 1978--this quick-paced middle-class book will attract readers who like their twists and turns full of mystical figures, incredible locales, and a totally relatable protagonist.  Welcome to Balabad, homeland of the worldwide secret society known whilst the Brotherhood of Arachosia--and rumored hiding host to the grandest riches the planet has ever known. Balabad can also be the nation Oliver Finch has called home since his father was reassigned for this boring, war torn dust dish. Every day incurs the following for Oliver until a five-hundred-year-old holy carpeting is taken.