Books

ZOOM OUT

“The mistake people make is assuming they’re in control of their lives.”

So says a mysterious storyteller in Nepal who offers to help a young adventurer with his quest for enlightenment. The young man unwittingly alters the life of an ambitious TV journalist in Hong Kong, and their paths converge on Beijing during the crest of the Tiananmen Square democracy protests.

ZOOM OUT charts the intersecting journeys of a driven young woman and a lost young man: journeys that wind through Asia, addiction and occasional absurdity.

NINE DRAGONS BELLY UP

It’s the summer of 1999 and Dotcom mania is burning through money, talent and lives. Brian Tyler has just been hired at a mysterious new Hong Kong start-up called Nine Dragons. It all looks good on paper, but Brian has only been sober for a week, doesn’t know anything about the Internet and his boss is wanted on murder charges in Belarus.

Nine Dragons Belly Up traces the rocket ride that Brian takes aboard the Nine Dragons juggernaut while attempting to resurrect his shattered life. In a sudden cascade of events, he confronts love, betrayal, addiction and a life-or-death challenge