William Diebold

Valley of the Queen (eBook, ePUB)

A Treacherous Pursuit of a Mythical Queen's Treasure

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Champa people are descended from a time before recorded history. They were last together as a nation one thousand years ago when they were overrun by the invading Viets and scattered around Southeast Asia. Legend has it they buried a fabulous treasure, the remaining wealth of the Champa Kingdom as they fled.

We are introduced to the main character, Mai Sambath as she begins her career in Chicago. She is a former child refugee from Vietnam who is aware that she is somehow different from everyone else and firmly believes there is something important she is destined to do with her life. Jack is a photographer in Chicago. He and Mai fall in love from the moment they first meet. They live happily together in Chicago as each enjoys great success in their chosen careers. But all that changes in an instant and Jack could never have imagined the extraordinary and life-changing journey ahead for them. Among other unexpected surprises, they are confronted with the possibility that she is the lost queen of the Champa people who is sought after by an evil despot who seeks to rule Southeast Asia.

"If your wife, Mai, is really the heir to the old kingdom," continued Vega, "the people may very well rally to her, and that would make her very valuable to Minh. In fact, Jack, that would at this time make her the most important woman in Southeast Asia, wanted by Colonel Minh, the Champa people, and the Vietnamese, all for very different reasons."

What will Mai do when she discovers this despot is actually the one who killed her parents and left her an orphan? How are Mai and Jack involved in the possible discovery of the Champa treasure? What will Jack do to save her when one day he finds Mai missing? These are only a few of the many wonderful twists and turns in this page-turning narrative.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: LitPrime Solutions
• Seitenzahl: 434
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798887032061
• Artikelnr.: 67853658

Autorenporträt

William Diebold is currently retired and lives in Southern California. He did three tours in Vietnam, spending two years and three months there as a photographer from 1969 to 1971. Following that he attended ArtCenter College of Design in Los Angeles. Upon graduation, he was hired by Leo Burnett Inc. to manage a studio in Chicago. After one year he went out on his own. He spent twenty-five years as an advertising photographer with studios in Chicago and Dallas. He was fortunate to enjoy success during those years, with many major clients such as Kellogg's, Little Caesars, Pillsbury, Bud Light, Quaker, Sam Adams, and Pepsi.Diebold was an advertising photographer in Chicago at a time during the 1980s when the industry was at the dawn of major changes brought on by the revolution of personal computers, digital media, and the Internet. It was an exciting, portentous time, and he is still of the opinion that Chicago and its wonderful people are the best-kept secrets in the country.As a father with two sons, and two amazing grandchildren, he very much looks forward to what tomorrow may bring.William Diebold's website can be found at www.debold.com (note the different spelling of his name). There you will find many Vietnam photographs from that experience. You will also see some of his professional advertising work.The author welcomes your comments. Please feel free to send him a note to [e-mail]