The Cherry Blossom and The Parang

Darren Friday, an American driller struggling with culture shock, takes his first overseas posting in Sarawak on the edge of the tropical rain-forests of Borneo. Within days of arriving he has a shocking encounter with an enigmatic Chinese girl, falls foul of a violent local Triad chief and uncovers political corruption. Fleeing to the jungle for sanctuary he meets Kirsty, a self-assured Glaswegian and through her champions the cause of the nomadic Penan tribe, fighting an unequal war with timber barons to protect their security and way of life. Darren is forced to change his beliefs and his attitudes to survive and protect those he grows to love and admire. The Cherry Blossom and the Parang is an environmental thriller.