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The Lighthouse Project: An African volunteering adventure and orphan's story set in a traditional rural Ugandan village Paperback – January 25, 2024
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Before he could even scream, two arms lunged through the opening and seized him by the shoulders before dragging him through the window and throwing him to the ground. He knew was going to die and looked up to take a first and final look at his assailant, his knife ready. Then Coleb blinked in the moonlight. "You?" He had just seen a ghost and an orphan's secret was forged.
When Sheila Knight decided to leave a personal legacy by establishing a volunteer work project in Uganda, East Africa, she could never have imagined the journey that lay ahead nor the world she would be drawn into by Coleb who wasn’t quite the innocent child he at first appeared to be.
Written by a former child protection manager and chair of a charity working within a community in East Africa, The Lighthouse Project is a mystery and suspense thriller novel inspired by real events in Uganda and chronicles emerging love and friendship spanning five years built across western and African culture divides against a background of crime, manipulation, betrayal of trust and ultimate tragedy. Lives are changed forever as Coleb strives to complete his African adventure and secure his future in this heart-warming coming of age fiction drama that will appeal to readers of all ages.
Fun, Engaging and Memorable - Well Worth the Read!
"An entertaining and memorable account of what can go wrong when the goals of non-profit benefactors collide with the needs and culture of the Ugandan beneficiaries. ... The characters are well-developed and memorable, the passages often humorous, with some schadenfreude moments, and the writing style is engaging. Many situations were deja vu with my experiences in Haiti and Ethiopia. ... Well worth the read especially for those working with non-profits abroad. In fact, it should be required reading."
- Print length290 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateJanuary 25, 2024
- Dimensions5.5 x 0.73 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-13979-8877392670
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- ASIN : B0CTC26971
- Publisher : Independently published (January 25, 2024)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 290 pages
- ISBN-13 : 979-8877392670
- Item Weight : 13.1 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.73 x 8.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #10,803,032 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #37,158 in Historical Thrillers (Books)
- #100,025 in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Action Fiction (Books)
- #122,944 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction
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About the author

Taylen Calder is a former child protection manager and chair of a small charity working within a rural community in East Africa. Writing under a pseudonym, Taylen explains, “When writing, I draw upon real life experiences that bring, to my mind, situations and characters to life. Writing anonymously gives me a greater licence to draw upon those people and events whilst ensuring the work remains a piece of realistic and satisfying fiction.”
‘Forces at Work’ is Taylen’s second novel but the first to be published with the earlier work, ‘The Lighthouse Project’ set in East Africa, is now also available. ‘Forces at Work’ will be of particular interest to social workers and foster carers as it explores many contemporary social themes and dilemmas faced by workers and carers in the course of their duties, but widely accessible to the wider reading community given its urban thriller themes and turbulent, disturbing conclusion.
November 2019 saw the publication of 'No Place for Sion?' which, although a stand alone novel, explores events after the 'Forces at Work' and follows the emotional journey of many of the characters as they struggle to find somewhere to call 'home'. A journey that ends in tragedy for some.
June 2020 welcomed the third addition to the Moorton Community novels, Scorpion, in which secrets are exposed and true natures revealed, guiding some to safety but others into darkness as fraud, deception and treachery threaten Clynton’s very existence.
October 2022 saw recurring characters from Moorton start afresh as private investigators in the Moorton Detective Agency, but nothing prepared them for their first client, the plain-spoken and often tactless widow Elsie Cairns who was desperate to trace her missing adult son Miles who disappeared, seemingly without explanation, while walking home late one night. As a ruinous conspiracy threatened to engulf the entire town, the partners were drawn into an increasingly intriguing and deadly mystery as the new agency's fractious members struggled to unite as a team.
The beginning of 2021 saw the release of the long awaiting first novel in the Progeny Succession trilogy, Progeny Descending. Set in the world of big business the novel chronicles the fortunes of the Soloman dynasty and the story arc concluded in Progeny Rising. A third book in the series, Progeny Bloodline is set for release in 2023.
Taylen notes in his works he doesn't want to take the reader on a voyage of discovery where mystical orbs are found, nor heroes and heroines are born saving the planet, rather wanting the reader to close each book with a sense of satisfaction having journeyed with often flawed but real characters in a real world.
Taylen spends time living between homes in the north of England and East Africa, which provides a tranquil setting for writing from a eco-house that rests thousands of feet up nestled into a mountainside looking down on a valley of rolling hills clustered with traditional African dwellings.
For advance notice of future publications join the mailing list at http://taylencalder.com
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- CanuckReviewed in Canada on April 8, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, Engaging and Memorable - Well Worth the Read!
An entertaining and memorable account of what can go wrong when the goals of non-profit benefactors collide with the needs and culture of the Ugandan beneficiaries. Sure, the pitfalls of setting up and operating a non-profit abroad could have been written as an essay or a list, but it's a much better learning experience and a lot more fun to read it in novel form.
The characters are well-developed and memorable, the passages often humorous, with some schadenfreude moments, and the writing style is engaging. Many situations were deja vu with my experiences in Haiti and Ethiopia.
Well worth the read especially for those working with non-profits abroad. In fact, it should be required reading. Tempted to review in depth but that would be spoiling the fun, so let me just say that some of these Ugandans really put the 'con' in 'Economy'.
- davidReviewed in the United Kingdom on February 7, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!!
I like it :)