A forced Muslim convert defies all odds to become the supreme ruler of an empire that stretches from Egypt to Persia in this drama which pits Arab against Arab during the Muslims' rise to power in the seventh century AD.Through his memorable characters, John Elray exposes the inner workings of a movement whose conquests rivaled those of the Romans and whose influence on modern day life spans the globe. The author takes you on a captivating journey back in time, delving into the mys...

Fah, a twenty-two year-old farm girl from Thailand's rural northeast has moved to Pattaya City to do the one thing that has any hope of bringing her decent money – work in the sex trade. Her goal: land a well to do foreigner who can deliver her and her family from a subsistence life. Ed, a recent arrival from America, looks like he might just be the one. What Fah doesn’t know, however, is that Ed is a deeply disturbed man who has traveled to Thailand to kill his nemesis, Bill (Fah's employ...

What's more fun than a barrel of monkeys?"Twenty Chimps on a Plane"… and the nine other darkly humorous short stories contained in John Elray's latest work, You Thought You Had It Bad.In "Twenty Chimps on a Plane", retired Air Force pilot and wannabe animal psychologist Daniel Grundwasser seeks to prove a bona-fide animal behaviorist wrong by showing that twenty chimpanzees can be perfect angels when taken on an afternoon charter flight. Wanna bet?Then there's "The R...