Jon Cocks

Angel of Aleppo is a historical fiction about a young woman named Anoush, born and raised in Marash, Anatolia, who witnesses the brutal execution of her mother and is evicted along with the surviving other women and children, where she must learn to survive and protect her little sister while enduring the horrors of the brutal guards who drive them ever onward and the harshness of the land as they trek south towards Aleppo.In addition, she is pursued by the local warlord for her beauty – he wants her for his harem – so she must evade him and maintain the standard of faith and goodness demonstrated to her by her strict but beloved mother. Anoush endures many trials, learns to nurse, becom...