"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 United States, who’d focused their interest and resources elsewhere. Unfortunately, the cash flowing into Saleh’s pockets blinds him to the devastating consequences he’d unilaterally set in motion.
Gar Randolph and his ever-changing team of technical experts receive the call to keep an eye on things. “Remain unseen and unnoticed. More importantly, neutralize anything that isn’t in the best interest of the Saintly Islands.”
Events escalate until Gar takes decisive action."
"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 mariner and trader.
Meno established himself in the newly formed Spanish government. He soon met a charming and beautiful female aristocrat with whom he learned the intricacies of dealing with its cutthroat bureaucracy. Together, they manipulated the powerful Augustinian friars into supporting their plans.
Patik and Meno forged alliances while accumulating the necessary wealth and influence to regain title to the lands they'd lost, and much, much more. This is their story of hardship, moral strength, love, risk, and reward."
"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 murdered. Rip calls Washington D.C. for help-
Gar Randolph and his unconventional Grey Hawk International
team soon intervene to provide support and protection.
Papua’s jungles run deep with intrigue. The Taritatu River
reveals breath-taking beauty around every bend but beware.
Deadly inhabitants lurk in the shadows. Tension poisons
serenity. Everyone comes under a cloud of danger."
"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 the mission,
a drug lord named Ar Phat. On a converging vector is a missionary
nutritionist with six Rohingya orphans.
Seemingly unrelated initiatives coalesce during a complex scenario
that include deception, pursuit, and classic slight-of-hand
misdirection. Characters are colorful, impassioned, and bold. The
storyline moves quickly as tensions build. Adventure flares at every
turn of the page."
"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 like we’d tumbled ... -my first helicopter flight
The Immigration agent stamped my passport and said, “Thank you for helping our countrymen;” a security guard offered me a seat out of the sun and thanked me as I waited for my ride ... mission complete for me; heading home in the morning but remembering those still struggling to survive. -after Typhoon Hiayan"
"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, two parts psychological warfare, and 1 giant part slight-of-hand.
CAUTION. Don’t start listening unless you have time to finish this book.
It’s nearly impossible to put down."
"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 where good stops and evil begins. A cat and mouse techno-chase evolves, touching more than a few remote corners of Siam."
