Hawk of The Hills Summary

Hawk of The Hills takes place in Afghanistan and is told from a view two different perspectives, one being El Borak and the other being Geoffrey Willoughby. It starts off with El Borak and his tribes being invited to a feast by a man named Afdal Khan. When they arrive, all of them are slaughtered in the night and El Borak is the only survivor. This begins a war between Afdal Khan and his men and El Borak and his.

Geoffrey Willoughby, Geoff for short, is a British diplomat and is being escorted by Afdal Khan's uncle. Geoff believes the war can be solved via diplomacy and tries to convince Afdal Khan to peacefully apologize to and compensate El Borak. His attempt fails so his Uncle abandons him and rides off.

Afdal Khan's uncle's men move to kill Geoff when El Borak and his men come and capture him from their grasps. They are attacked by the men as they hide in a cave for an entire day. When night falls, El Borak sneaks out, kills a guard and escapes unnoticed. El Borak's men take Geoff to a stronghold where they begin to organize a rescue plan for El Borak, but before they can he appears on the horizon.

The stronghold is barraged with a large force but the defenses are too strong to be defeated. Geoff thinks he can end the war if he can get to Fort Ghazrael so El Borak guarantees his safe exit from the stronghold.

Eventually, Afdal Khan agrees to meet Geoff alone. When Geoff gets there, Afdal Khan betrays his word and tells Geoff that he is going to kill him. Right before he is killed, El Borak comes out of the rocks and challenges Afdal to a sword fight to the death. El Borak wins and the war ends.

Yay.