Getty Ambau was born in Ethiopia. He came to the United States as a student and studied molecular biophysics and biochemistry and economics at Yale University. After he graduated, he worked in research labs, earned an advanced degree in business, ran his own companies, but writing has always been his inner calling. He is the author of the award-winning Desta series and nutrition books which became international best sellers. Book Two of his novels was featured in both the digital and print versions of the February 2014 issue of Kirkus Reviews magazine. . . . The newly released Desta: Roots is his fourth novel in the series.
Like Harry Potter or The Book Thief, these books are enjoyed by readers of all ages and from all walks of life.
Desta’s story unites with all humanity’s in this panoramic, magical, and metamorphic 3rd phase of his journey to fulfill the sacred ancient quest entrusted to him. As he discovers just how much his life is bound up
In the second act of this unfolding epic, the shepherd boy Desta is catapulted from his remote and isolated valley into a wider world. He pursues his dream of a modern education and vows to fulfill the destiny of