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Stephen Alter was raised by American missionary parents in the hill station of Mussoorie, in the foothills of the Himalayas, where he and his wife, Ameeta, now live. Their idyllic existence was brutally interrupted when four armed intruders invaded their house and viciously attacked them, leaving them for dead. The violent assault and the trauma of almost dying left him questioning assumptions he had lived by since childhood. For the first time, he encountered the face of evil and the terror of
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- Author
- Alter, Stephen
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781628725100
- Category
- travel
- Subjects
- Memoir, Adventure, Sports
- Rating
- 4.18 / 5 (55 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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