DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENTS…EXOTIC ADVENTURES…TESTS OF FAITH!

This dramatic book of colorful journeys is a talented filmmaker’s poignant memoir of spiritual battlegrounds, political borders, and the human soul under fire. 

Over a far-ranging 50 year professional career, award-winning TV director & documentary filmmaker, Craig D. Forrest, has crisscrossed 111 countries with equal parts camera and calling. 

He’s captured a rare catalogue of powerful, visual imagery: from miraculous healings across Africa, exorcisms in Argentina, war zones in Iraq, Haitian voodoo rites, tribal cults in South Africa, the open secret of Fidel’s sex trafficking in Cuba, cold mass graves in Bosnia, ethnic cleansing in Burundi, surreal Hindu ceremonies along the Ganges, and Cambodia’s horrific Killing Fields. 

Told in the spirit of Paul Theroux and Werner Herzog, Craig’s reflective book offers readers a raw, revealing look at the places most tourists never see–with both the light and darkness a lens can sometimes only catch. 

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ROAD TO MACHU MICCHU picks up the journey where NIGHT TRAIN TO CAIRO leaves off.

Readers are propelled into the next whirlwind chapters of Craig’s life behind the camera and on the road. From grueling, dust-choked assignments deep in Africa to zigzagging across the vast landscapes of South America, each trip brought new challenges — and unexpected stories.

There were covert operations in Asia’s shadowed red-light districts, where filming had to be done in whispers and quick glances; tense returns to the simmering streets and deserts of North Africa; and hair-raising switchbacks along Europe’s twisting roads.

The adventures didn’t stop there. Back in the States, Craig found himself arm-wrestling with high-powered American ad agencies over creative vision, then pivoting to produce heavy metal and rock music videos, where the lights, volume, and egos were all turned up to eleven.

Part travelogue, part behind-the-scenes filmmaking diary, and part personal memoir, Road to Machu Picchu is a vivid ride through war zones, boardrooms, back alleys, and mountaintops — chronicling a life lived with a camera in hand and a passport never far away.

A BRAVE CANADIAN FARM BOY SHIPS OFF TO WAR!

At nineteen, Clifford Forrest — the eldest of four hardy Manitoba farm boys — shocked his Scottish father, William, by enlisting to fight in The Great War. In 1916, he would find himself in the mud and carnage at the Battle of the Somme, one of World War I’s bloodiest confrontations. There, along the shattered trenches of France, Clifford’s courage would be tested beyond measure.

Through the Wire is a sweeping family saga that begins in the soot-darkened streets of Glasgow, Scotland, before crossing the Atlantic to the new frontiers of Ontario, then Manitoba.

Woven into Clifford’s tale is the parallel journey of his future bride, Marjorie Cummings, whose life is marked early by tragedy. Losing her mother, Esther, before her first birthday, Marjorie is raised with love and resilience by a devoted aunt. Her path will lead her from the prairies of Manitoba to the rolling landscapes of Washington State and the rugged beauty of British Columbia.

Told in vivid flashbacks that move between the roar of battle and the quiet endurance of home, Clifford’s and Marjorie’s stories slowly converge — a union forged by survival, sacrifice, and hope. Clifford endures wounds that might have ended another man’s service, yet rises to the rank of Company Sergeant Major. Marjorie navigates loss and upheaval with grace and determination.

Through the Wire is at once a tale of war and romance, perseverance and passion — an intimate portrait of two lives shaped by history’s most violent century.