Black Market Alley

Black Market Alley is a saga that spans three continents and the lives of four generations of the Marushki clan. It begins in a small, impoverished village in Romania. The patriarch of the family Shiklu is a breeder of horses and if he had not been born into the Jewish persuasion his name would have been synonymous with great horse flesh. The initial episode brings the most relaxed and unconcerned reader out of his or her lethargy and into the world of prejudice, hatred and evil. The leader of a violent band of cutthroats is one Boris Pushkin who would have made Lucifer cringe in fear. He learns of ill treatment perpetrated on his son and without investigating the circumstances gathers his band of thugs to reap vengeance on the personage of Shiklu. This subhuman creature takes enormous delight in delivering Draconian measures to those who would dare to defy him or humiliate his offspring. Retribution is swift and results in the untimely demise of Shiklu. In one swift raid the Marushkis find themselves without a father, a husband and no means of subsistence. Thus they make an immediate decision to depart from the village of their birth leaving their home and friends and neighbors. Of necessity they would have to leave the country to avoid punishment for what they intended to do. Their vision was to migrate to the United States and finally live a peaceful existence devoid of annual pogroms. In the still of the night the remaining members leave the hamlet for all time hoping that they will be enabled to negotiate the travails which they will have to face and endure on their journey. During the trip their eldest son is accosted and seriously wounded. So much so that he must be left behind.Years will pass before the family learns of his condition and is reunited with him, at least for a short duration. The daughter contracts tuberculosis and succumbs to the dreaded disease. The younger son Mox resides with his mother whose entire personality goes througWiseman, Daniel is the author of 'Black Market Alley', published 2004 under ISBN 9781413437188 and ISBN 1413437184.