Compass 1: Cauldron of Eternal Life - Robert Mackenzie Children's Books_Science & Nature 'With a bolt of lightning

'With a bolt of lightning on my kicks

Reading Joseph Heller's classic satire is nothing less than a rite of passage

A pack of booze-guzzling

and new Scenarios

Outside they ride bikes and scooters

Compass 1: Cauldron of Eternal Life - Robert Mackenzie Children's Books_Science & Nature 'With a bolt of lightningShahidah El Amin is many things: scholar, cartographer, astronomer, mathematician, scientist, explorer, adventurer, and when need be two fisted fighter. Setting out from Baghdad's legendary House of Wisdom during the Islamic Golden Age, Shahi's quest brings her to 13th century Britain where the Welshare whispered to possess the secret of eternal life. But Shahi's not the only one after it