Dissonance

I Komang Ponidi, a tour guide in Bali, loves his island home but hates his job. Worse, he has gambling debts, controlled by a vicious gangster. He reluctantly begins what may be his last tour with an American group headed by the unapproachable Mr. Leonard Wagner. The story takes the reader on a journey through the exotic tropical world of Bali as Ponidi grapples with forces he cannot quite control. Can he get the surly Mr. Wagner to help him? Will his debts catch up with him? Can his faith conquer his fears? Or will his emotional dissonance destroy him?