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The White Rajah

The White Rajah
  • Author(s): Tom Williams
  • Location(s): Borneo
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 1800s

In 1838, James Brooke arrived in Sarawak with a schooner and less than thirty men. He came to trade, but ended up ruling the country. ‘The White Rajah’ tells his story. From Amazon: When charismatic adventurer James Brooke travels to...

The Worth of a Ruby

The Worth of a Ruby
  • Author(s): Lya Badgley
  • Location(s): Burma (Myanmar)
  • Genre(s): Suspense
  • Era(s): 1995

A priceless Burmese ruby leads Mallory Jones on a journey from the remote hills of Burma to the swelter of Bangkok in search of redemption. It’s 1995 and Mallory Jones, a Seattle chef, embarks on an adventurous journey to...

The Zenith

The Zenith
  • Author(s): Duong Thu Huong
  • Location(s): Vietnam

There Was A Time

There Was A Time
  • Author(s): George H Wittman
  • Location(s): Vietnam
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1940s

It is the summer of 1945, the last and very dangerous days of World War II. The Office of Strategic Services is in close, cooperative contact with Ho Chi Minh and the fighting cadre of the Viet Minh, working...

They are Trying to Break Your Heart

They are Trying to Break Your Heart
  • Author(s): David Savill
  • Location(s): Balkans, Khao Lak
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1990s / 2004

DISASTER WILL BRING THEIR LIVES TOGETHER In 1994, Marko Novak’s world is torn apart by the death of his best friend, a young soldier in the Bosnian war. In 2004, human rights researcher Anya Teal is following a tenuous...

They’re Rugby Boys, Don’t You Know?

They’re Rugby Boys, Don’t You Know?
  • Author(s): Natalie Vellacott
  • Location(s): The Philippines
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 2011

A true story detailing how a Christian Police Sergeant from England boarded the Logos Hope Missionary Ship in 2011 and was forever changed when, in the Philippines, she unexpectedly encountered and fell in love with a group of street...

Though I Get Home

Though I Get Home
  • Author(s): Y Z Chin
  • Location(s): Malaysia (Malaya)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Short Stories
  • Era(s): Early 21st Century

Fourteen short stories intertwine in Chin’s beautiful, visceral collection. In the early 21st century, Isabella “Isa” Sin, 28, wants to be a writer. Instead, she’s imprisoned in her native Malaysia for writing an obscene poem that supports the leader...

Three Came Home

Three Came Home
  • Author(s): Agnes Newton Keith
  • Location(s): Borneo
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 1942

When the Japanese take Borneo in 1942, Agnes Keith is captured and imprisoned with her two-year-old son. Fed on minimal rations, forced to work through recurrent bouts of malaria and fighting with rats for scraps of food, Agnes Keith’s...

To the Brink

To the Brink
  • Author(s): Cindy Gerard
  • Location(s): The Philippines
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Romance
  • Era(s): early 2000s

Working on highly sensitive diplomatic affairs, Darcy Prescott is a natural target for terrorist kidnappers. But when she’s mysteriously plucked off a street in Manila one sultry night, Darcy’s disappearance isn’t what it seems… The moment Special Forces soldier...

Too Far From Antibes

Too Far From Antibes
  • Author(s): Bede Scott
  • Location(s): Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1950s

It is 1951, and Jean-Luc Guéry has arrived in Indochina to investigate the murder of his brother, Olivier, whose body was found floating in a tributary of the Saigon River. As an avid reader of detective fiction, Guéry is...

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