Mr. Sullivan will read from his new novel\ , &ldquo\;All the Glimmering Stars.&rdquo\; This event is free and open to the public. Please arrive early for best seating.
\nMark Sullivan i s the acclaimed author 0f &ldquo\;Beneath a Scarlet Sky&rdquo\; and &ldquo \;The Last Green Valley&rdquo\; as well as the bestselling &ldquo\;Private &rdquo\; series which he co-authors with James Patterson. \; He has re ceived numerous awards including the WH Smith Fresh Talent Award\, and his novels have been named a New York Times Notable Book and a Los Angeles Ti mes Book of the Year.
\n&ldquo\;All the Glimmering Stars&rdquo\; is based on the harrowing real-life experiences of two Ugandan teens kidnappe d along with some 35\,000 others and turned into underage warriors for a m essianic warlord. Propelled by shocking and tragic details of what Anthony Opoka and Florence Okori were forced to endure as members of Joseph Kony& rsquo\;s fanatical Lord&rsquo\;s Resistance Army (LRA)\, Sullivan&rsquo\;s page-turning narrative is also a triumphant love story filled with life-a ffirming humanity.
\nMark Sullivan learned of Anthony and Florence&r squo\;s story from a former squadron commander of SEAL Team 6 and the form er CIA chief in Uganda. Believing the tale needed to be shared with the wo rld\, he traveled to Uganda in 2021. Over the course of fifteen days\, he interviewed Anthony and Florence\, who\, despite all they had lived throug h\, were &ldquo\;warm\, intelligent\, gracious\, thoughtful\, and painfull y honest.&rdquo\; Sullivan has taken the raw material of their ordeal and transformed it into an engrossing\, faithful\, and soaring work of histori cal fiction.
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