John Shors

Beneath a Marble Sky

Barely escaping the conquering Cham King Indravarman, Prince Jayavar and his wife build an army and plot in secret to reclaim their kingdom in this new novel from the author of Beneath a Marble Sky. Original. 40,000 first printing.

Temple of a Thousand Faces

Earth, 2171. It's been a century since hostile aliens turned Earth into a prison for the worst of their own kind, nearly wiping out humanity in the process. Seventeen-year-old Tasia is a Seeker--a human survivor who hunts down the cruel creatures that conquered and destroyed her world. From hidden bases within the ruins of scorched cities, she and others like her have become accustomed to a life of violence and terror. When Tasia's brother becomes ill and her family is ripped apart, she must leave all she knows in a desperate attempt to save him. Haunted by her failure to protect her loved ones, and burdened by powers she doesn't yet understand, Tasia finds herself on a daring journey she never intended to take ... with someone she never intended to care about. As the War for Earth rages, Tasia's path leads her across a wounded, imperiled planet. Aided by unexpected companions, she heads toward her greatest fears--unaware that she's no longer the hunter, but the hunted, and that her fate has become her foe.

Book One

The Demon Seekers

Struggling resort owners on Thailand's gorgeous Ko Phi Phi island happily provide room and board to an American in exchange for work until they realize he is running from the law in this novel from the author of The Wishing Trees. Original. 40,000 first printing.

Cross Currents

When the World War II hospital ship Benevolence is destroyed by a torpedo, a small group of survivors manages to find refuge on the shore of a nearby island, including a wounded Japanese soldier who rescues a young nurse from death. By the author of Beneath a Marble Sky. Original.

Beside a Burning Sea

Beside a burning sea

Widower Ian and his ten-year-old daughter Mattie take a trip across Asia to fulfill the last wish of his dead wife Kate, a journey that will bring them closer together and begin healing the wounds of the past.

The Wishing Trees

Unbound is a work of historical fiction based on a famous Chinese love story, and set on the Great Wall of China.

Unbound

Book Two of The Demon Seekers(TM)️ series... Earth, 2171. The War for Earth has raged for a century. Swept up in its currents, seventeen-year-old Tasia has fulfilled her quest to save her brother. But Tasia's fate remains her foe. Imprisoned by the demons she's vowed to seek out and destroy, Tasia finds herself at the edge of the world--alone and afraid. Tormented by her captors, she struggles to survive. In a desperate effort to escape, she forges a daring alliance with a fellow prisoner. Back in the ruins of what was once America, Jerico and Aki embark on a dangerous rescue mission. To reach Tasia, they must cross a vast wilderness, filled with both perils and possibilities. Pursued by demons as well as gangs of human outlaws, the companions press on. While captive, Tasia uncovers the demons' plot to destroy Earth and summon their ship from deep space. Soon humanity will be no more. Burdened with this knowledge, Tasia faces old and new adversaries with rising strength. Her powers give her hope. And yet Tasia's gifts endanger her far more than she realizes. Nothing is as it seems and the world is about to burn around her.

Book Two

In order to deal with their painful pasts, two Americans open a center to house and educate Vietnamese street children, and amidst all the suffering and poverty, learn the true meaning of sacrifice, friendship and love. Original.

Dragon House

Jeannet Dekker

In de 17e eeuw speelt een jonge vrouw aan het keizerlijk hof van de grootmogul van Hindoestan een opvallende rol bij de bouw van de Taj Mahal.

Paleis van sterren

My Midnight Sun

In een wereld van onvoorstelbare rijkdom en macht, moordzuchtige familievetes en wrede tirannie, vertelt prinses Jahanara het bijzondere verhaal van de ontstaansgeschiedenis van de Taj Mahal. De jonge prinses Jahanara is voorbestemd voor een harteloos gearrangeerd huwelijk, maar weet aan haar lot te ontsnappen door zich op te werpen als vertegenwoordiger van het hof in de gesprekken met Isa, de architect van de Taj Mahal. Al snel moet ze laveren tussen de wensen van haar overleden moeder, de rigide rolpatronen opgelegd aan vrouwen, en een verboden liefde. Met uitzonderlijke moed durft Jahanara tijdens de bouw tegen de onverdraagzaamheid en blindheid van het hof in te gaan. Ze zet alles op alles om het koninkrijk te behoeden voor een burgeroorlog. Als prinses, en als moeder, zus en dochter zal Jahanara haar hart moeten volgen. Pas dan zal ze de ware aard van haar koninklijke erfenis ontdekken.

Thailand's pristine Ko Phi Phi island attracts tourists from around the world. There, struggling to make ends meet, small-resort owners Lek and Sarai are happy to give an American named Patch room and board in exchange for his help. But when Patch's brother, Ryan, arrives, accompanied by his girlfriend, Brooke, Lek learns that Patch is running from the law, and his presence puts Lek's family at risk. Meanwhile, Brooke begins to doubt her love for Ryan while her feelings for Patch blossom. In a landscape where nature's bounty seems endless, these two families are swept up in an approaching cataclysm that will require all their strength of heart and soul to survive...

Het is september 1942. Midden op de Stille Oceaan vaart het hospitaalschip Benevolence, op een missie om mensenlevens te redden. Dan, totaal onverwachts, wordt het schip doormidden gekliefd door een torpedo. Een klein groepje overlevenden, onder wie de gewonde Japanse soldaat Akira en de jonge Amerikaanse verpleegster Annie, slagen erin een onbewoond eiland te bereiken.Akira is al vijf jaar in dienst van het Japanse keizerrijk, jaren van bloedvergieten en gruwelen. Op het eiland ziet hij zich omringd door vijanden die hij zou moeten haten, maar in wier gezelschap hij juist troost vindt en door wie hij zijn liefde voor poëzie herontdekt. Deze liefde deelt hij met Annie, en samen worstelen ze met de spoken uit het verleden en de uitdagingen in de toekomst. Ook de andere schipbreukelingen proberen zich elk op hun eigen manier staande te houden op het eiland, in een miniatuurwereld die zowel barbaars als schitterend is, vol zowel haat als liefde, vol verboden en verleidingen...

De overlevenden

Almost a year after the death of his wife, former high-tech executive Ian finds a letter that will change his life. It contains Kate's final wish-a plea for him to take their ten-year-old daughter, Mattie, on a trip across Asia, through the countries they had always planned to visit. Eager to honor the woman they loved, Ian and Mattie embark on an epic journey, leaving notes to Kate in "wishing trees" along the way, and encountering miracles large and small. And as they begin to find their way back to each other, they discover that healing is possible and love endures-lessons that Kate hoped to show them all along...

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