The Talisman Child: Part I of The Golden Child Trilogy

Enslaved by the Khmer Rouge, Nhean Thavy survives starvation and forced labor until she joins the army disguised as a boy. But her battalion is wiped out by the Vietnamese and she escapes through a minefield to a refugee camp in Thailand. There she enacts a horrifying black magic ritual to create a "koan kroak"--the Talisman Child--to help her get to America. Koan guides and protects her, but he is jealous, and Thavy is driven to commit a love-crime for which she knows she cannot be forgiven, in this world or the next. Part I of The Golden Child Trilogy. Look for Part II, The Forest of Regrets.

About the Author

After getting degrees in anthropology, psychology, and medical science, Cameron Macauley spent almost two decades overseas working in disaster relief and international health. Subsequently he worked in public health and specialized in the treatment of psychological trauma in survivors of war-related violence. He is currently Trauma Rehabilitation Specialist at the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery at James Madison University.During his career he has worked in a refugee camp in Thailand, a besieged city in Angola, a Yanomami Indian village in Brazil, and a mission hospital in Sumatra. His first novel, CITADEL OF ICE, was the completion of a novel his father Robie Macauley had been working on at his death in 1995.His second novel, THE TALISMAN CHILD, is the first book of THE GOLDEN CHILD TRILOGY. The second volume, THE FOREST OF REGRETS will be completed in 2015, and the third volume, THE WARRIOR DEAD, will be completed in 2016.

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