Dairen was Japan's first colonial city in Machuria. It was a foothold for the Empire's plans of expansion in and conquest of... More > China. But the prosperity of the 1930s was not shared by all of the colony's citizens. "Blue Sky Red Tears" follows the life of Lin Baixue. Born from a secret affair between a high ranking Japanese official and his Manchurian Chinese housemaid, Baixue struggles to find her identity within two societies that each view her as an outcast. As she comes of age, the secrets in her household continue to mount. Through her misery, Baixue dreams of a life in Japan on the eve a war that will envelop all of Asia. This historically detailed novel is currently banned from reading and distribution in China. It is not a political book and, in fact, details many Japanese war crimes against the Chinese. However, the subject matter is too sensitive for governmental censors. < Less

An original fairy-tale inspired by true events from the 1960s, "Brave Little Mongolian Sisters" is the heroic tale of two... More > young nomadic girls in Northern Asia. Blossom and Jade provided for their sick parents by raising their poor family's sheep herd. Living in the desolate wilderness, the animals offered their only source of income. One winter their hard life becomes even more desperate, when the frail girls and their flock are attacked by an evil and hungry witch. The sisters struggle against many hardships and the icy elements to protect their sheep, and defy the menacing threat that continues to chase them. Xuemei Han brings this childrens' story to life with her unique and inspirational hand drawn illustrations. Her internationally award winning style is a innovative blend of traditional Chinese cultural paintings and Japanese Manga. This magical combination is the perfect match for a new generation of young readers interested in fables and fantasy stories from Asia. < Less

A dark tale that weaves a fictionalized reality with the real history and environments in the virtual computer world of... More > Second Life. Ben Tao is the avatar of a fired programmer who hacks Second Life. His goal is to profit from a false intellectual property claim. However, instead of changing the creation date for the items he has stolen, he is actually sending them back in time to the creation of the 3D world. This software exploit opens a wormhole of conflicting realities that unfold in a disjointed nightmare. Ben quickly finds himself controlled by an entity who robs him of all free will. Or is he just going insane? As the digital and real worlds merge in his mental interchange, he uncovers a secret that affects all of humanity. From this bleak future, Ben has only one chance to escape. - - - Second Life(R) and Linden Lab(TM) are trademarks or registered trademarks of Linden Research, Inc. No infringement is intended. < Less

Xuemei Han is known for bringing her stories for children to life with unique and inspirational hand drawn illustrations.... More > Her internationally award winning style is an innovative blend of traditional Chinese cultural paintings and Japanese Manga comics. This magical combination has been the perfect match for a new generation of young readers interested in fables and fantasy stories from Asia. Now Xuemei trades colors for text to paint pictures with words in her first novel. "Princess Pea and the Hunt for the Golden Tickle Belly" is an original fable set in a land of make-believe, where a young girl challenges an evil queen for the freedom of her kingdom. < Less

Ancient guardians battle to preserve history and protect Creation from being rewritten by the forces of darkness.

It began... More > before the concept of time had any meaning. An evil lord and his dominions sought to rule all Creation. Exiled on a formless Earth when the rebellion crushed, their prize of the Secret of Time was lost for millennia. The saga stretches from ancient times to the year 2018 as it chronicles the adventures of the secret beings that walk among humanity. Their ongoing war of the past holds the fate of Earth, Creation, and the Infinite Beyond forever. < Less

When Allied forces parachute wooden decoy soldiers over wartime Germany, a pagan terror is stirred after centuries of sleep.... More > Even the Romans ignored the legends and put little faith in the oral superstitions. It was a mistake many would come to regret. Soon after the great army defeated the barbarian tribes, a mysterious plague descended upon its victorious soldiers. The few crazed survivors could only exclaim that the forest was alive before diving into fugue mental state. And as civilizations rose and fell and rose again, the forest and its secrets slumbered, occasionally sampling fresh prey. Until the bloodshed of warfare proved too great a temptation for its hunger to avoid. As the soldiers suffered against their own carnage, they soon discover a darker force had awoken with an inhuman thirst. < Less

The Rashomon Effect is the effect of the subjectivity of perception on recollection, by which observers of an event are able... More > to produce substantially different but equally plausible accounts of it. - Karl G. Heider

After crash landing on a desolate moon, a lone astronaut must defend his sanity by destroying an alien life form. In the process he opens a door to an alternative reality and falls deeper into madness. Jumping between dimensions and sanity he is required to help a team of ancient explorers stabilized fractures in space-time that threaten to obliterate the future, while stalling an alien invasion poised to exterminate humanity. < Less

A deep and spiritually revealing series of articles about Christian wisdoms and beliefs, with a focus on understanding... More > scriptural meanings. The first in series by Pastor John Stemmons, from the Amazing Grace Church in Fujisawa, Japan. < Less

An original fairy-tale inspired by true events from the 1960s, "Brave Little Mongolian Sisters" is the heroic tale of two... More > young nomadic girls in Northern Asia. Blossom and Jade provided for their sick parents by raising their poor family's sheep herd. Living in the desolate wilderness, the animals offered their only source of income. One winter their hard life becomes even more desperate, when the frail girls and their flock are attacked by an evil and hungry witch. The sisters struggle against many hardships and the icy elements to protect their sheep, and defy the menacing threat that continues to chase them. Xuemei Han brings this childrens' story to life with her unique and inspirational hand drawn illustrations. Her internationally award winning style is a innovative blend of traditional Chinese cultural paintings and Japanese Manga. This magical combination is the perfect match for a new generation of young readers interested in fables and fantasy stories from Asia. < Less

Dairen was Japan's first colonial city in Machuria. It was a foothold for the Empire's plans of expansion in and conquest of... More > China. But the prosperity of the 1930s was not shared by all of the colony's citizens. "Blue Sky Red Tears" follows the life of Lin Baixue. Born from a secret affair between a high ranking Japanese official and his Manchurian Chinese housemaid, Baixue struggles to find her identity within two societies that each view her as an outcast. As she comes of age, the secrets in her household continue to mount. Through her misery, Baixue dreams of a life in Japan on the eve a war that will envelop all of Asia. This historically detailed novel is currently banned from reading and distribution in China. It is not a political book and, in fact, details many Japanese war crimes against the Chinese. However, the subject matter is too sensitive for governmental censors. < Less