{"product_id":"2940016708003","title":"Shepherds Of The Sun","description":"A young boy meets the dawn at the edge of a vast sea. Behind him lurks the powerful spell of his tribal heritage; before him the sea beckons with an enchanting splendor of mystery and opportunity. As the sight dissolves in his eyes, he contemplates what awaits him along and beyond the treacherous crossing. But the choice is no longer his. In this new world, herdsmen no longer prostrate before the sun—instead, they aspire to become shepherds of the sun!\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Kenya shortly after the country’s independence from the British Empire, Yusuf Ibrahim is undoubtedly destined to an extraordinary life. He is a product of a surreal encounter between a young village girl and a revered mystic. Right from birth, he is placed on a path of collision with the forces which have governed his tribesmen over the ages. \u003cbr\u003eIt is against the restless background of this disconsolate world that Yusuf comes of age. His life meanders from love to despair, from mystical to empirical, and from misery to glory when he ventures from his remote coastal village to America’s complex metropolis. He returns home after mastering the lofty art of heart surgery, but will his new profession receive the approval of his fellow tribesmen or the ancestral spirits which guard them? And can love’s delicate touch be trusted to mend a heart broken by its spurn?","brand":"Joe Ngatia, MD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146736976112,"sku":"2940016708003","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016708003_p0.jpg?v=1763640078","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016708003","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}