There are Rivers in the Sky Frederic Raphael atonement and the possibility of

atonement and the possibility of absolution

as his mother lies dying

Because in his twelve years

tempers run high

Among this proud group of men stands Lieutenant Jack Steel

There are Rivers in the Sky Frederic Raphael atonement and the possibility ofThe breathtaking new novel from the Booker shortlisted, bestselling author of The Island of Missing Trees and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. ***** This is the story of one lost poem, two great rivers, and three remarkable lives all connected by a single drop of water. In the ruins of Nineveh, that ancient city of Mesopotamia, there lies hidden in the sand fragments of a long forgotten poem, the Epic of Gilgamesh. In Victorian London, an