During the course of a single day in 1569, Patik's and Meno's lives transformed from a routine of poverty and convention to lives filled with promise and adventure. On that day, a datu's grandson killed their family and stole their land, and also on that day, Spanish explorer Miguel Lopez de Legaspi arrived in Panay.In the years that followed, Patik signed onto a Chinese junk where he forged a hardened work ethic that took him all the way to becoming the region's most powerful mari...

Mine has been a journey of close family ties, of spiritual and personal growth. I reshaped foolishness into discipline, developed character, found relationships and made commitments. For the most part, it had been an adventurous, swash-buckling path that unfolded before me. The best part is that I lived through it and can share the highlights with you. We corkscrewed downward as the nose snapped toward the earth below us, and everything abruptly twisted 120 degrees to the left. It felt lik...

Papua, with its vast regions of unexplored jungles and isolated indigenous tribes, is home to a medicinal plant with potent curative powers. The plant's unique ability to regenerate human nerves is even more consequential. Neurological scientist Ripon Siraj and his research botanist sister, Rava, search Papua's interior rivers for this rare miracle plant when they become the target of a scurrilous Asian virologist.A co-worker and his girlfriend are mistaken for Rip and Rava and are...

Marie exhales with relief, free of Vargas. But then he's there, watching, chasing her. Paranoia or reality? Gar attends an artificial intelligence conference in a remote Japanese village and narrowly escapes death, twice. Other AI programmers weren't so lucky, murdered, with Vargas the only suspect.Has artificial intelligence become a Pandora's Box? Gar and Marie travel secretly to Patagonia in search of ethical and legal answers. Unfortunately, they don't have the luxury of time t...

Marie exhales with relief, free of Vargas. But then he's there, watching, chasing her. Paranoia or reality? Gar attends an artificial intelligence conference in a remote Japanese village and narrowly escapes death, twice. Other AI programmers weren't so lucky, murdered, with Vargas the only suspect.Has artificial intelligence become a Pandora's Box? Gar and Marie travel secretly to Patagonia in search of ethical and legal answers. Unfortunately, they don't have the luxury of time t...

Prime Minister Robert Saleh feels helpless as his economy stagnates year after year. When a representative of the shadowy organization known as Armageddon offers funding for several national-level infrastructure projects, he can’t resist signing an overly expansive contract. News of this secret agreement, which includes a level of mercenary support for national security, sparks international concern.Saleh hopes to play Armageddon’s investments against those of Australia and the Uni...

Burma oozes greed, corruption, and hope. When an Air Force X-37B mini-space shuttle mysteriously crash-lands along the China-Burma border, the Department of Homeland Security tags contractor Gar Randolph to get it back. India and China deploy special forces to do the same. All will co-exist for the next several weeks. Gar assembles a most unusual team to find the wreckage and carry its Top Secret components back to Siam. Included is the last person on earth the US Government would want on ...

Garfield "Gar" Randolph is at it again. When asked to track down gold smugglers who are subverting the Hong Kong Gold Trading Mercantile, he forms a team and sets out to poison the well of corruption. The Philippine Government assigns an inexperienced, yet street-wise and strikingly beautiful agent to coordinate with Gar. Almost immediately, lives are in danger as they concoct a solution that is 3 parts genius, 2 parts psychological warfare, and 1 giant part slight-of-hand. CAUTION: Don't ...

When Siam's Minister of Defense formally requests assistance analyzing an odd insurgent group, the Department of Homeland Security sends Garfield "Gar" Randolph to team up with the Minister's alluring assistant, Pun. Together they unravel opium operations from A to Z, where "I" stands for Insurgency. Ar Phat, a ruthless Robin Hood of Asia, has been meticulous and brilliant in building a secret opium empire. Within the constructs of law and human decency, they find themselves redefining whe...

During the course of a single day in 1569, Patik's and Meno's lives transformed from a routine of poverty and convention to lives filled with promise and adventure. On that day, a datu's grandson killed their family and stole their land, and also on that day, Spanish explorer Miguel Lopez de Legaspi arrived in Panay.In the years that followed, Patik signed onto a Chinese junk where he forged a hardened work ethic that took him all the way to becoming the region's most powerful mari...

Mine has been a journey of close family ties, of spiritual and personal growth. I’d reshaped foolishness into discipline, developed character, found relationships and made commitments. For the most part it had been an adventurous, swash-buckling path that unfolded before me. The best part is - I lived through it and can share the highlights with you.We corkscrewed downward as the nose snapped toward the earth below us and everything abruptly twisted 120 degrees to the left. It felt...

Burma oozes greed, corruption, and hope. When an Air ForceX-37B mini-space shuttle mysteriously crash lands along theChina-Burma border, the Department of Homeland Security tagscontractor Gar Randolph to get it back. India and China deployspecial-forces to do the same. All will co-exist for the next severalweeks.Gar assembles a most unusual team to find the wreckage and carryits Top Secret components back to Siam. Included is the last...