Travel the Silk Road to China. Be part of ancient legends in India that bring together a brother and sister, the secret in the beryl and the power of alabaster. Murder launches a continent wide search for the killers.
Of Beryl & Alabaster (Bloodline)
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle.
Learn more
| |||||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
John Wolf , author of Orphan Records , A Dark and Stormy Knight , and Harmonics , now tackles a mystery in this latest book. John writes from his home in San Diego, California. His experiences of being an Air Force flyer, electronics engineer, musician, and world traveler have provided exciting source material for blending adventurous tales and enjoyable stories.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
John Wolf grew up in New Mexico, which was not only the Land of Enchantment, but created a sense of wander as he reached out to search the rest of the world. He lived in American Samoa, Japan, and visited Mexico's interior on adventures on the Omnibus de Mexico. He served in Vietnam as a C-130 navigator which further expanded his experiences. John is an adventure writer and visionary of future possibilities. He worked as a young engineer on the Apollo Project and has stood inside the Lunar Lander, all of which influences his writing. He had a career in the Air Force and another twenty years in aerospace engineering, where he learned the technical element found in his stories. Each story has an element of mystery and intrigue with a sense of humor nestled between the words. He writes from his home in San Diego, California and lives with his wife and faithful dogs Copper and Gracie. He writes for the shear enjoyment of sharing his stories with other people.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Lure of Gemstones,
By
This review is from: Of Beryl & Alabaster (Paperback)
This is a book for the lover of puzzles. Are you challenged by the brain twisters in the Sunday paper or Sudoku for the advanced player? If so, the author will take you along while his two main protagonists twist through the far-eastern myths in search of the Beryl stone that magically displays the unsolvable solutions of the old Silk Road. Within the legends, are hidden treasures of unimaginable wealth in gemstones, guarded for generations by the mountain clans preserving their Royals.
The element of historical fiction emanates as behind these clans, still being fought today in the peaks and valleys of the Himalayans of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, there seems to always be the obscure power of China. China, the one empire which has not completely fallen, strangled by its own obsession with power, but has progressed to being the nation that still controls the world from the same obscurity. China, where today, there is much new to shroud the crumbling relics of another time. Yet still, the Great Wall remains. In Mr. Wolf's book you will venture behind and into those walls and myths. With still no real understanding of what went, and goes, on there. World leaders can't figure it out. Mr. Wolf has an uncanny ability with imagery and scene-setting. I begin at the edge of an ancient well. Instantly, I felt a hesitation at venturing farther and an ethereal feeling of choking on dust. It was that real! Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on which urges you tend to follow, I'm thrust into an odorous street in Dwarka, a slum of New Delhi, India. Before, I get adjusted to the new environment, bodies are dropping around me as I prepare to enter an old gem store. Suddenly, I find myself in a rather dull office in Washington DC where my soon to be co-protagonist is lamenting a failing love affair. The preceding is a necessary set-up considering this a rapidly moving plot that must get me to another house in London where the other co-protagonist, a genealogist, resides with his housekeeper who rules with an iron fist. This projection turns out to be paramount as I'm about to be launched into a pack of, again obscurely, renowned Global gem thieves. This does seem to be the case when a treasured and mysterious, long-missing and crucial gemstone surfaces from the underworld. Today's Internet is a less than comparable line of communication. Now, we puzzle solvers must really get to work. If you are intrigued by fast-moving, multiple-pieced mind games, Beryl is for you. If you are a Genealogy or far-eastern history buff, this is your book. If you have an ability to grasp onto numerous foreign names and characters from countries whose names no longer exist, I challenge you to solve this puzzle. If you are a lover of sequels because all your solutions come up wrong, I challenge Mr. Wolf to write one comparable. If you're an esoteric like me, you'll linger in the incredible imagery. Susan Haley, Author/Editor RAINY DAY PEOPLE FIBERS IN THE WEB
5.0 out of 5 stars
What a Jem,
This review is from: Of Beryl & Alabaster (Paperback)
This was a fast read and it took you to places you only dream about. It taught you about jewels and jewels thieves. It was a fat read an adventure, mystery and so creative that you will not know what hit you when you read this book. The author is really talented. Expect the unexpected and hang on for the ride.
Linda Meckler
4.0 out of 5 stars
Gemstones, High Action and Thieves,
By
This review is from: Of Beryl & Alabaster (Paperback)
When you're feeling the time is right for zig zagging across continents, while sorting out a plot as complex as a twister in the midst of a midnight storm, the time will be right to delve within the covers of Of Beryl and Alabaster. But be sure you are wide awake, or you are likely to miss one of its rapid turn of events.
READY: Buckle your seat belt and hold fast to the restraining bar. SET: You are about to be propelled forward through a series of twists, thrusts and upending turns. GO: Stay alert. Chart the characters. Follow their travels and travails. FINALE: If you follow these instructions with care, a splendid adventure will unfold before your very eyes!
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
