Some journeys lead home. Others lead into myth.Harry Russo leaves everything behind and travels to Tbilisi-to Medea, to the woman he lost, to the one who still haunts him. He arrives believing that love, given honestly, is enough. Georgia teaches him otherwise.What begins as a second chance becomes an odyssey through a love that reveals new ways it was never what he thought, and a world where not everything pursuing him can be explained away. In the House of Medea ...

In Monsoon Love, Suresh having recently been transferred to Pokhara must choose between falling in love with a woman whose face is always hidden behind an umbrella, and the attractive Anu with her belly-aching love-sick buffalo.Khadka and his friends embark on a wild coming of age adventure in the Himalayan village of Hemja on the eve of the MahaShivaRatri festival.Tragedy and hardships follow in the marriage of Jeevan and Shivani when Jeevan's jealous mother takes out her ...

Washed ashore on the beaches of Thailand, a boatload of Cambodian refugees finds an unlikely survivor - Anousak, a former Khmer Rouge member scarred by years of civil war and unimaginable personal tragedy. As he finds sanctuary, memories come flooding back to his idyllic youth in Laos.He recalls a time of youthful innocence with his two closest friends - Siva, a brother in all but blood, and Mekra, the beautiful young woman they both fiercely loved and competed for. But a shatterin...

Against the vibrant backdrop of the five-day Hindu festival of Diwali, the "festival of lights," an utterly forbidden romance blossoms between two young people divided by the ancient caste system. Lakshmi, a beautiful "untouchable" from the oppressed Dalit caste, finds herself irresistibly drawn to Deepak, a high-caste young man whose very touch could mean societal ruin for them both. As the dazzling Diwali celebrations play out, their love defies the strict marital and cultural boundaries...

CliffhangerTashi takes on an ambitious rock climbing challenge, pushing himself to daring heights. But as he ascends, the risks compound, forcing him to confront the harsh truth - sometimes, it's wiser to look before you leap into precarious situations.Mark of the CrowAt 14, Shanti Prakash's idyllic village life is shattered when a landslide orphans her, the last descendant of the ruling family. Ambitious relatives, threatened by her claim, exile Shanti to a long-lo...

The dark past Captain Jonah has tried to forget is forced into the open when Eleanor, the young daughter and niece of two of Jonah's former shipmates, approaches him seeking passage to the Turks and Caicos Islands. At Eleanor’s prompting Jonah confronts his demons, and he reluctantly reveals that her father and uncle were witnesses to an act of violence by their shipmates Flint and O’Neil and then sworn to secrecy with a pact of silence.This unexpected revelation adds a layer of co...

This eclectic anthology weaves together various short writings inspired by the author's extensive travels and rich life experiences across continents and cultures. It is a wanderer's tapestry, each thread a unique vignette transporting readers to different realms.The collection includes the poignant slice-of-life tale "Keo," recounting the profound bond that blossomed when a stray cat wandered briefly into the writer's life. It's a touching reminder of the ineffable connections forged betw...

When someone becomes a Christian, they enter into a lifelong journey of God-driven transformation into the likeness of Christ. But what does this transformation process look like, and what means does God use to bring about spiritual growth? How does a Christian continue growing spiritually? How do they prevent the practice of the spiritual discipline of meditating on God's word from become mechanical when they may have read through the Bible many times? How do they mature in prayer? And ho...

Geraldine Blake exists beyond time.Once human, now a persistent consciousness suspended at the threshold of an infinite field, she watches reality unfold as probability instead of sequence. She was part of an experiment that pushed the human mind past biology — and she is the only one who remained stable.But something else survived the transition.A growing anomaly.A pattern that feeds on absolution.A force as old as existence itself.Somewhere...

When Liam is asked to investigate strange disturbances in an old house on the Shannon, he expects little more than local superstition and uneasy silences. Instead, he finds himself drawn into a past that refuses to remain buried—a past where violence echoes forward, and choice ripples backward.Gifted with an ability he neither fully understands nor entirely trusts, Liam crosses a threshold where memory, time, and guilt begin to blur. What starts as an attempt to quiet restless spir...

April 2006, Pokhara, Nepal - In the lakeside town nestled in the Himalayan foothills, Mina Gurung and her circle of friends find themselves swept up in a wave of historic protests. As tensions rise against the ruling monarchy, their small community becomes a microcosm of the nation's turmoil.For 20 tumultuous days, the streets erupt with demonstrations demanding democracy and an end to the autocratic royal regime. Mina, emboldened by her convictions, leads the charge among the loca...

There has been heightened interest and prolific publication by missiologists about contextualization since the term was first coined in 1972. There has been ongoing debate, particularly amongst evangelicals themselves regarding which of these meanings, methods, and models of contextualization are acceptable to use. Much of the debate has been carried out by academics and practitioners whose observations and conclusions have been largely shaped by the social sciences and practical theology....