Mongolian Fiction

Mandukhai has been given a sacred mission by the spirit of Genghis Khan, but to preserve his empire, she first must keep the Mongol Lords from raising the black banner of war. In a nation torn apart by powerful men, one woman rises. Hear the second book in this award-winning, gritty, dark true story of the life of Mandukhai.

Mandukhai dedicated years to raising Dayan to become Great Khan. But trust is tenuous when buried secrets rise to the surface. Old enemies close in. New enemies arise. And Mandukhai faces one of her toughest hardships just as her vision is nearly complete...a crisis that could undo everything she has worked for all of her life.

Anna loves her peaceful world. Even so, she begins her third year at Quentin Academy with bad premonitions. Carlotta flies to Mongolia to rescue six-year-old Inara, a child with a unique and powerful gift and whose family has been killed. Anna and her family want to do everything for Inara's safety, but can they really protect her? Then disaster strikes. During a flight maneuver with the new express carpets, something happens that never happened before—a carpet crashes. Who are the unseen enemies that threaten Anna's world?

Harold Kushner and his roommate of 30 years, Murray Schwartz, are average senior citizens facing down their mortality in a trailer park in Land O' Lakes, Florida. Two self-professed “best Jewish bowlers ever” wind up contestants in the first-ever Great Mongolian Bowling League Tournament in the US. The rivalry becomes a high-stakes roll-off as Harold approaches “perfection” (defined in the bowling world as three 300-score games in a row) despite a fix set by the alley's mobster owners.

From Beijing, American radiation scientist Lara, once a thorn in the Russian mob's side, is drawn back into the shadows of the Soviet Union on the Trans-Mongolian Express. She isn't alone. Anton, a Soviet scientist exiled for predicting Chernobyl's catastrophe, is on a quest to expose the truth. Amidst them, Timur, a Chechen giant fueled by vengeance, plots to destroy the already crumbling Soviet Union.