Harvey Rice and Jackie Cole are a husband-and-wife team committed to bringing this story to the world. Rice is a journalist with more than 40 years of experience, working at both U.S. newspapers and international news agencies. Cole has studied Bön for more than two decades and has taken many retreats with the main characters of the book, who have given their blessings and permission to share their story. The authors live in Galveston, Texas.
Foreword by the Dalai Lama
Prologue
A Deadly Encounter at 15,000 Feet
1 Beginnings
2 An Artist Becomes a Monk
3 Four Years in a Cave
4 Invasion
5 Recluse Nation
6 Best Friends
7 Tibet’s Harvard
8 Broken Promises
9 Iron Hell
10 Flight
11 Forsaken Vows
12 Enter the CIA
13 Ambush
14 Prisoners
15 Tenzin’s Escape
16 Refugees in a Foreign Land
17 Snellgrove
18 London
19 Return
20 Promised Land
Epilogue
Where They Are Now
Main Characters and Glossary
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index