Asia Adventure

Selvi is a free spirit who loves climbing in the beautiful mountains behind her home. There, she befriended Lokka, a leopard with a beautiful coat and huge golden eyes. Together, they roam the wilderness as they please. But when hunters come with bows and arrows, Selvi knows she must stop them before they hurt Lokka. But what can she do against such powerful enemies, especially when the friends and family she turns to for help are not all they seem to be? To rescue her leopard friend, first Selvi must outwit the poachers and expose the mastermind behind it all.

Princess Shiori made a deathbed promise to return the dragon's pearl to its rightful owner, but keeping that promise is more dangerous than she ever imagined. She must journey to the kingdom of dragons, navigate political intrigue among humans and dragons alike, fend off thieves who covet the pearl for themselves and will go to any lengths to get it, all the while cultivating the appearance of a perfect princess to dissuade those who would see her burned at the stake for the magic that runs in her blood.

This is a story of a father and his teenage son and daughter solving a mystery deep in Burma. The mystery involves an unknown language and Christian faith. Join the adventure as they travel in Asia and discover amazing things in a remote valley in the jungle. The mother and another son join the adventure and share a wonderful experience, a solved mystery, and a joyful homecoming. Join this scientific and linguistic mystery hunt! Ages 10-14.

From pirates battling sea spirits to ongoing futuristic wars. Sacrifices will be made and lives will be lost. As these characters weave through their own adventures, their honor may be questioned. But what would you give to live to see another day? This anthology focuses on East Asian warriors. Featuring stories by A.N. Myers, Belinda Crawford, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Edgar Mahaffey, Bethany van Sterling, and Lillian Csernica.

“Darkcliff is obviously a master storyteller, knowing how to keep the reader riveted the whole time.” - Jason P. Crawford, Amazon reviewer Mortals die easily. Gods must be killed twice. When he moves to Turkey, Braze prevents a suicide attempt and falls for a local girl - two mistakes with horrific consequences. As they plunge into a spiral of madness and depravity, Braze and the beautiful Mehpare understand why that man wanted to kill himself. A mysterious stranger stalks them during the day. At night, evil magic traps them in a temple that should have never been built. Their failing ...

An interstellar assassin finds himself on the other end of the blade. His killer, the one person he thought he could trust. His only hope of survival, the technopathic abilities that had made him an outcast. Turns out Jin’s would-be killer is the genetically altered assassin, Black Mamba. Now his only goal is to stay alive long enough to find out who wants him dead. And with her help, maybe he can beat the odds. Dragging Mamba along for a joyride through the Venus sector, a sexed-up province of space run by women, he finds himself intoxicated by more than just her venom. But time’s ...

Peaks and Lamas is one of the classic early 20th-century accounts of travelling in the Himalayas on the borders of Tibet. It describes two journeys in the 1930s, one physically active and one more of spiritual investigation. It starts as the title suggests, as a mountaineering adventure, when a group of English climbers set out to climb unconquered peaks in the Himalayas. The audiobook ends with a warning of the deleterious effect of Western culture on traditional art and values and an idealistic polemic on education.

Join the How to Catch kids as they try to catch a notorious dragon by setting trap after trap during the Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese New Year!

Almost a dozen missing girls. Bags full of unidentified body parts. Can Shreeja prove that the police are ineffective? Can Shiuli prove Shreeja wrong? One morning Shreeja’s ride was stopped at a traffic stop. As a street ripe crime journalist she started digging what the police were searching in all those vehicles. Her meeting with police detectives led her to almost a dozen missing girls. Shreejs started asking uncomfortable questions. The police were weaving a net with the news reports, with the news media response to the abduction of girls and other evidence against the suspect. Can ...

In Romancing the Heart of the Volcano, volcanologist Elena Pinto arrives in Indonesia to decode deadly signals from Mount Merapi—but her mission is shaken by Reza Dharma, a temple guardian bound to ancient traditions. As lava stirs and tensions rise, Elena and Reza must bridge science and faith—while resisting a growing attraction neither expected. Amid secrets, eruptions, and betrayal, love may be their only chance to survive the fire threatening to consume everything they hold dear.

A devastating fire. A hospital full of immobile helpless patients. A power shifting conspiracy. Can Shreeja and Shiuli get to the bottom of the corruption of power? A fire broke out in a superspecialty hospital in the city. The patients were asphyxiated, choked to death by the fumes while waiting to go home just the morning after. The event brought trauma and despair to the lives of the city. Shreeja started digging what caused the fire and why the rescue operations were insufficient. Shiuli followed the system and hit a wall so big that she doubted if she would ever be able to dig a hole ...

The campus went crazy when a final year student was found murdered. Can Shreeja and Shiuli get to the murderer before anyone else gets hurt? Monali Santra was the topper of the mathematics department. Shiuli was upset when she was assigned to investigate the murder of Monali Santra in the university campus where she studied mathematics two and a half decades ago. She was petrified to know that the campus dynamics did not change at all. Her colleagues came in her support and Shreeja shared the weapons with her. She took the war path to cleanse the system that had been taking lives of ...

China: 1200 AD. Guo Jing has confronted Apothecary Huang, his sweetheart Lotus' father, on Peach Blossom Island, and bested the villainous Gallant Ouyang in three trials to win her hand in marriage. But now, along with his sworn brother, Zhou Botong of the Quanzhen Sect, and his shifu, Count Seven Hong, chief of the Beggar Clan, he has walked into a trap. Tricked by Huang into boarding an unseaworthy barge, they will surely drown unless Lotus - who has overheard her father's plans - can find a way to save them.

It took Lawrence Bransby and his son, Gareth, three journeys into Central Asia before they were able to ride the legendary Bartang Pass. But it's another pass that becomes the focus of this story - Matts Pass in southern Tajikistan - and a motorcycle gets abandoned deep in the Pamir Mountains after father and son push the limits of their bodies and bikes just one step too far. Never before - across Africa, into the Russian taiga, or in the Western Sahara - have they had to abandon a bike and walk out...

Welcome to Tales of Wonder and Wisdom! Inside these pages, you'll embark on adventures filled with courage, kindness, dreams, friendship, and the magic of listening. Each story is crafted to inspire you, teach valuable lessons, and ignite your imagination. May these tales encourage you to dream big, be kind, and embrace every wonderful moment of your journey.

Embark on a journey into the shadows with Jin, a young legal aide who unwittingly stumbles into a mysterious alley—one she should have avoided. In a seemingly mundane town where nothing extraordinary happens, Jin discovers her extraordinary destiny as the Goddess of Mercy. Little did she know, the divine responsibility comes with a backlog of cosmic paperwork and a crash course in distinguishing between mercy and kindness. As Jin grapples with her newfound role, meet her eclectic team of assistants: Ling, an ancient dragon princess cloaked in the guise of a snarky teenage girl, and Shan ...

THRONE OF DECEIT is fast-paced young adult fantasy filled with magic, betrayal, slow-burn romance, and a promises of an epic quest. Did I mention a sexy demigod? Mmm. Destan. ~ USA TODAY Bestselling Author Raye Wagner The lord of the underworld wants one thing. The wizard king's daughter. When danger calls, the gods of old unite to protect the innocent. Elise thought she was just another ordinary bastard daughter--even if her father was the powerful wizard king of the largest kingdom in all of Titania. While she prepares for her winter ball, where she can position herself in an advantageous...

Rogue Policemen. Soulless Gangsters. Lethal Drugs. Samantha Townsend appears to have a perfect life. Married to her loving husband Michael Townsend, Q.C., and living in a $25 million mansion, life has never been better… until Michael is murdered in cold blood by the Hong Kong Triad. She. Vows. Revenge. Still, it won’t be so easy. The Triad is a highly dangerous organization that stretches across the world. Drug smuggling, trafficking, and blackmailing are in the mob’s DNA, but Samantha’s coming to serve them justice…her style of justice. Karma.Is.Revenge If you like intrigue, high...

Thom Ngoh thought the Monkey King was her friend - he taught her to control her super strength and to stand up for herself. But really he was just using her. He tricked her into stealing from the Heavens and releasing him from his 500-year prison. Now the Monkey King is waging a war against the Heavens, and Thom must do everything in her power to fix the mess she made. Determined to prevent a war, Thom and her dragon friend Kha set off on an adventure across the Heavens to search for allies.

Not your typical travelogue. Instead, this book is organized by the nature of the experience the author had while traveling. I am an avid world traveler. I have lived in a variety of international locations, and I have both studied abroad and taught abroad. I have backpacked, camped out, stayed at youth hostels, and now, in my senior years, I have stayed in topnotch hotels and resorts. I have flown standby, and I have flown first class. I have hitchhiked, and I have taken public transportation, slow trains, fast trains, boats, and ships. I cherish my memories. They are solid, like granite, ...