The Overland is an adventurous novel by Mark Stephen Levy published in 2011.
In story of the books revolves around the life of three main characters Danny, Heather and Emily. The story line actually swings around different time lines from 1969 to 2010 and different location of the world. The main three characters are from 1969 part.
Danny first met Emily at his cousin Cathleen's place and they liked each other but circumstances separates them at that moment. The story then flows to 1979. Danny is now a doctor and has Heather in his life whom he wants to marry. But their relationship was also going from a tough patch. Suddenly Heather leaves Danny and decides to go for a magic bus ride to Kathmandu with her friends. Danny with some hope and some confusion in his mind decides to follow her there. Danny's travel continues through different countries and at last he finds Heather in Istanbul. They together goes to Afghanistan. At that very moment Soviet army attacks Afghanistan and they get separated again while went to buy Christmas gift for each other. Heather somehow makes her way out that county but an injured Danny gets stuck in the turmoil in-spite of his number of attempts to flee. He then meets Dr.Gulzar there and starts treating war victims in a local hospital. There to his surprise he meets Emily who is now a nurse. Their childhood love again starts to bond them together and they decides to flee Afghanistan together. Danny and Emily then comes to contact with Mustapha with the help of Anna. Mustapha provides them shelter and after a failed attempt to guide them out the country asks to wait until the end of winter. Their life goes on with time. At that very point Danny suddenly gets arrested by Soviet soldiers who also takes Emily away from him. Then with the help of Sargent Chernoff, Danny finally makes his way out via Tajikistan. He then goes to Washington D.C. There he meets Heather again who till now had no clue about Danny. Heather who thought Danny to be dead now falls in a dilemma whether to go back to Danny or to stay with her present love whom she met in Islamabad. But Danny who is now completely lost in the love for Emily tells Heather the truth and goes to Kathmandu to find her. At last he finds Emily down there at the end of the story.
The story line is very impressive and there are some pretty surprising twists and turns. The climax is scripted with grace and thought. The connection between different timeline is also well maintained thought the main part of the story is from past. There are some unfinished incidents also which I think is an indication of a possible sequel of the book. Overall a very entertaining book that will keep the interest going till the end and will leave with some good memories too.
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