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Moondogs

Moondogs
  • Author(s): Alexander Yates
  • Location(s): Manila, The Philippines
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Mourning the recent loss of his mother, twentysome­thing Benicio-aka Benny-travels to Manila to reconnect with his estranged father, Howard. But when he arrives his father is nowhere to be found-leaving an irri­tated son to conclude that Howard has let...

The Payback

The Payback
  • Author(s): Simon Kernick
  • Location(s): Manila
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Dennis Milne is a former cop and part-time assassin. He kills the bad guys – people who, in his opinion, deserve to die. Now he’s in Manila, waiting for his next target: a young woman who’s made some deadly...

It’s Just Love

It’s Just Love
  • Author(s): Jessica E Larsen
  • Location(s): The Philippines
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Current

Serene Ramos is a self-confessed, “straight-laced” Filipina teenager who loves rules and order, but puts on a bad-girl act at school to satisfy her more extroverted identical twin, Trinity. The two of them start playing a dating game where...

Manila Boy

Manila Boy
  • Author(s): Patrick Everard
  • Location(s): Manila
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Twenty-something and gay, Blue has sold up his London flat and gone to live in Manila, vibrant capital of the Philippines – home to hustlers, ladyboys, and a notorious criminal underworld. Blue desires sex and adventure, and very quickly...

The Symphony Of Souls (A Novella)

The Symphony Of Souls (A Novella)
  • Author(s): Geraldine Solon
  • Location(s): Seattle, The Philippines
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

After losing his three-year-old son, Gabriel, Jake Palmer’s life crumbles as his wife, Veronica, abandons him, leaving him to navigate the depths of grief alone. Struggling to find comfort, Jake’s best friend Luke extends a lifeline in the form...

Dream Jungle

Dream Jungle
  • Author(s): Jessica Hagedorn
  • Location(s): The Philippines
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Late 20th Century

From Publisher’s Weekly: Barbed and alluring, this third novel by Hagedorn (Dogeaters: The Gangster of Love) revolves around the purported discovery of a Stone Age “lost tribe” in the Philippines, and deftly explores late 20th-century Filipino cultural identity. Led...

A Pledge of Silence

A Pledge of Silence
  • Author(s): Flora J Solomon
  • Location(s): The Philippines
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW2

A World War II novel based on the plight of American military nurses serving in the Philippines. Follow Margie whose life changes forever when she is captured and held prisoner of war by enemy forces. January of 1941, Margie...

Bone Talk

Bone Talk
  • Author(s): Candy Gourlay
  • Location(s): The Philippines
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): N/A

The Philippines, 100 years ago. A boy called Samkad wants to become a man. He is desperate to be given his own shield, spear and axe. His best friend, Luki, wants to be a warrior too – but she...

Boracay Vows

Boracay Vows
  • Author(s): Maida Malby
  • Location(s): Boracay
  • Genre(s): Erotica, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

To fulfill one vow she has to break another Krista Lopez has five days to fulfill her Turning-Thirty Vow—the promise to do something life-changing in celebration of this milestone birthday. Her plan: give in to her attraction to her...

Broken Jewel

Broken Jewel
  • Author(s): David L Robbins
  • Location(s): The Philippines
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): WW2

For three years after the fall of Manila, 2,100 Allied civilians have been imprisoned at Los Baños Internment Camp, 40 miles to the southeast and notorious for its horrendous conditions. American Remy Tuck, the camp’s resident gambler, struggles daily...

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