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Book Five: Landing Place

Publication Date

June 2027

Book Description

Nursing a safari hangover, I’m plunged into another new beginning when I land in Johannesburg. During my bizarre visit with a Canadian ice hockey player, I discover the endless red dunes I’ve been searching for are in Namibia. 


Despite the clock ticking down on my time in 

Africa, I rearrange my plans to visit.


On my way to the dunes, I trav

Nursing a safari hangover, I’m plunged into another new beginning when I land in Johannesburg. During my bizarre visit with a Canadian ice hockey player, I discover the endless red dunes I’ve been searching for are in Namibia. 


Despite the clock ticking down on my time in 

Africa, I rearrange my plans to visit.


On my way to the dunes, I travel down the luscious wild coast of South Africa to Cape Town with a breath of fresh air—the Porn Stars. They are crazy. But not as crazy as what happens when I get to Namibia, petting cheetahs, desert horses, sandstorms, and chance reunions.


My life spins on its axis when my friend Khadejah meets me at the airport in Sydney. At last, after eight long months on the road, I’m in Australia, the bright beacon but it's somehow lacking after Africa. And Khadejah wants to return to London. 


Do I change my plans—again—leave with her and give up my only chance to live in Australia to return to the place I swore I would never go back to? Sounds like an easy no. But I’m torn. Because after thousands of kilometers on the road I’m learning my place might not be a place after all.

The Route - Map Coming Soon

The Route - Map Coming Soon

Photos from the Trip

Content Warning

Profanity, consensual sexual content, sexual harassment, parental grief, alcohol, smoking, and drug use. 


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