Books by Stephen Burke

Soviet spies, secret assignations and suspected murder lie at the heart of the new novel from Stephen Burke.

In 2006 Stephen began his study of the character and will of God. Through his studies Stephen discovered that there are things about God that mainstream Christianity had either forgotten, or had not known. These truths are right before the eyes of everyone in the Bible yet, had been overlooked. But, to President Reagan they were commonplace. Ronald Reagan operated under this empowerment. Through Reagan, God had blessed America! The world looks for another Ronald Reagan yet God has made a way for many to walk in the power and ability demonstrated by his life. Politicians today would be well suited to glean from this one life, empowered by God. America would prosper. Stephen, and his wife Rhonda reside in Texas, where he teaches on several radio stations. The name of his weekly broadcast is Faith and Victory.

Enzo Secchi, harbourmaster for Massawa, Eritrea's main port, is a loyal Italian colonial servant. He takes pride in running the docks, enjoys the occasional drink with his gregarious friend Salvatore, colonel of the local Italian garrison, and listens to Caruso in his spare time. But he is lonely and when Salvatore suggests he find an Eritrean housekeeper to cook, clean - and maybe share his bed - Enzo takes the plunge and advertises. Salvatore's own tastes run to the young and nubile, but Enzo surprises himself by choosing Aatifa, a sharp-tongued woman in her 30s with a complicated family life, who takes the job as a last resort. What neither of them had counted on was falling in love.But it is 1935, Fascism is on the rise, and Mussolini does not intend Eritrea to remain a backwater for long. Italian forces bent on invading Ethiopia begin arriving at the port. And with them come new laws - including one forbidding 'Relationships of a Conjugal Nature' with Eritrean women . . .Meanwhile, Salvatore finds himself at the head of the invasion force bound for Ethiopia. Gone are the glory days of garrison life; it is a bitter campaign, laying bare all the brutality of Italian colonial ambition. Its consequences for Salvatore, and for Enzo and Aatifa as they contrive to hide their relationship in plain sight, will change all three lives for ever.