Book Review of Sharkman: A True Story by Tom Vater
A story of survival in the Sahara Desert during a rebellion. A novella.
BOOK REVIEW | TRUE STORY | KIDNAPPING AND SURVIVAL
Book Review of Sharkman: A True Story by Tom Vater
A story of survival in the Sahara Desert during a rebellion. A novella.
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Survival After Adventure
The adventure started in 1992 when three German friends decide to each buy a car and drive across the Sahara desert from Morocco to Togo via Algeria and Mali. An area in northwest Africa. Unfortunately their timing could not have been worse.
Peter had attempted this trip 2 years prior and felt that they’d be safe. However, a rebellion against the government was growing in northern Mali. The Sahara Tuareg tribesman were willing to kidnap foreigners and take what they could to survive. Just north in Algeria, the miliary was about to annul the current parliament and lawlessness was rife.
The Tuarag rebellion, and a drought threatened their way of life. The tribesman became vigilantes in the desert and this is what Peter and his friends drove into when they were kidnapped and robbed.
This story is about their fight for survival in the middle of a vast desert. Their only tool was hope.
The author tells the story after interviewing Peter who now lives in a tent on the beach of Southern Thailand. He swims with sharks daily to revisit what it means to feel fear.
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