Royston opens the door to his villa. Flowers and candles have been placed around the room. Royston does not pay any attention to this. He places his bag on the bed and walks out to the balcony, overlooking the pristine blue waters of the sea. He collapses onto the deck chair.
He takes out a worn photograph from his wallet. It shows a happy family portrait - that of a younger Royston, his adult son ANDREW, and his Maldivian wife, AMINAH.
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Freeing Maldives - A Hero in Time
AdventureBased on the novel written by Royston Ellis, my interpretation tells the tale of how a mourning Englishman gets swept back in time to a period when the Portuguese had invaded the nation of Maldives, culminating in the historic guerilla battle, that...