In Malaya in 1948 Liz and her mother, under the military protection of Major Sturgess and a young guardsman, Alan, are returning to their colonial plantation. For a time the omnipresent jungle dominates their lives and Liz is torn between her love for Alan and her concern for her missing father. ...
The daily ration of hill thunder and lightning had been increasing and Heng Hou, used to his creature comforts, was on edge. Josef stood with his hands half raised in a pacifying gesture as Heng Hou’s bodyguards kept him covered. ‘I thought she’d make for Rinsey, but the j...