{"product_id":"the-kaleidoscope-of-destiny-9798897473182","title":"The Kaleidoscope of Destiny","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1915. War rages in Europe while Armenians in the Ottoman Empire find themselves unfairly blamed for a major military defeat. Cooped up at home, fourteen-year-old Arakel tries to ignore rumors of arrests and beatings of Armenians by focusing on the journey he'll take with his two best friends, one Turkish and the other Armenian, on the Silk Road to China in two years, certain war will be over by then.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis life is torn apart when Turkish officials arrest almost all of the Armenian men in his town, including his father and older brother, and order nearly all of the remaining Armenians into exile in the desert amidst rumors of massacres. Tormented by armed guards, Arakel doesn't grasp what's happening until they strip his family of food, water, and their meager possessions and force them across the Euphrates River, where bloated corpses float by. He has crossed into the land of the dead. In a desperate struggle to survive, Arakel must rely on people of different faiths and backgrounds-Bedouins, Kurds, Arab camel drivers, Turks, Germans, even a wandering dervish-people he considers enemies-but how can he trust them?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a barbaric world, he confronts what lies deep within the human heart. With an elegance reaffirming our collective humanity, \u003cem\u003eThe Kaleidoscope of Destiny\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the courage, hope, and ingenuity to survive the darkest of times during an often-overlooked part of history and will resonate in today's challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Koehler Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798897473182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d","brand":"Sarah Ignatius","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52873324396725,"sku":"9798897473182","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-kaleidoscope-of-destiny-9798897473182","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}