Leather collar Stories

The road before her was clear, the finish line almost close enough to touch. She floored the accelerator, the vehicle kicking up clouds of dirt and grit that blinded whatever drivers were still on her tail. She could almost taste sweet victory. Suddenly, everything went still. Dust particles hung in the air. An eerie silence came over her. A small round object was beginning to emerge from the cloud behind her, but it was...

It is 1809 and Napoleon is soon to marry Marie-Louise of Austria. The French are at war with Britain and Portugal. In a sleepy outpost in the Indian Ocean 2,000 kilometers off the south east coast of Africa the French-Creole inhabitants of what the Arab sailors called “Dina Arobi”, the Portugese called “Cirne” and the French now called “Ile de France” had established their own version of paradise. Turbulent times were ahe...