"The age of endurance" focuses on the heritage of UAE, combining history with realistic narration. The author with the help of painstaking research, references and documents addresses on the most important and toughest time in the history of Abu Dhabi and al ain in UAE. The period described in the novel is between1928 to 1966 when oil was not discovered. this 200 plus novel first of its kind in UAE, sheds light on the city of al Ain with a special emphasis on the life of the late Sheikh Zyed, at the time when he was the ruler of Al Ain together with ten other personalities. The novel includes 50 images includes some rare images of late sheik zyed and four maps.