The Evil Emir of Transoxiana - Filby, Ray
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Becky meets with her special friends, Jason, Bill and Liz, to tell them she is being posted to Transoxiana. She needs to explain exactly where she will be working, that she will be accompanied by Jason and that she will be spending some time with her Kyrgyz penfriend, Askari, and her husband, Temier. During Becky's stay with Askari, Temier falls foul of an extremist Islamic cleric, the self-styled, Emir of Transoxiana. The resourcefulness of Becky and Jason, helped by Bill and Liz who travel out to join them, is needed to keep Askari and Temier safe from the Evil Emir. In spite of the danger…mehr

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Becky meets with her special friends, Jason, Bill and Liz, to tell them she is being posted to Transoxiana. She needs to explain exactly where she will be working, that she will be accompanied by Jason and that she will be spending some time with her Kyrgyz penfriend, Askari, and her husband, Temier. During Becky's stay with Askari, Temier falls foul of an extremist Islamic cleric, the self-styled, Emir of Transoxiana. The resourcefulness of Becky and Jason, helped by Bill and Liz who travel out to join them, is needed to keep Askari and Temier safe from the Evil Emir. In spite of the danger being faced, they all manage to have the experiences in Transoxiana which make their stay both exciting and enjoyable. Their travels involve sightseeing in the main cities of Transoxiana while avoiding the Emir and his henchmen who are in pursuit.
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Author Information - Ray Filby Dr Filby was a scholar at the Royal College of Science, Imperial College, London University from which he graduated with a B.Sc, and a Ph.D. in physics. Later, during his career, he was awarded an M.Sc. degree in manufacturing systems engineering by Warwick University where he was awarded a special prize by the university for his performance on this course. Ray Filby fulfilled his National Service in the army (R.E.M.E.) which he completed as officer in charge of the garrison telecommunications workshop in Gibraltar. He worked for a time as a development engineer with Hilger and Watts, a London based firm of optical instruments and machines. A large part of his career was spent in education lecturing in maths and physics at technical colleges in Birmingham and High Wycombe before becoming head of the maths and science department at Henley College in Coventry. After fulfilling a short term contract as a technical writer for Jaguar cars, Ray Filby spent the final part of his career working for Severn Trent Water as an information scientist in their water quality department. Ray Filby has had many years' experience of church life in a number of churches, fulfilling at various times, the roles of Pathfinder Group Leader, Youth Fellowship Leader, Secretary to the Parochial Church Council, Churchwarden and Reader (Licensed Lay Minister). This experience is reflected in the stories he writes which embrace several genres, including historical fiction, short stories, Bible study, murder stories and romantic fiction. Many of these have been self published.