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Arthur Biers, a young would-be historian just returned from a trip to Xi'an, China that nearly got him killed when he's questioned by the American Ambassador to China. He has a fresh wound, he's been discredited in the media as a grave robber, and his role in the illegal excavation of the first emperor of China's tomb nearly started a war. The United States government wants to know what happened. He recalls the story directly to the Ambassador who desperately wants to smooth things over. Purchase here Will Ruff was a Chinese history major, and spent a semester in Beijing at Tsinghua University. He wrote his senior thesis in college on Nixon's trip to China, and won a scholarship to visit the National Archives in College Park, MD, where Nixon's private White House tapes were kept, and he really wants people to care about China. He has been fascinated with the middle kingdom since he decided to study Mandarin and Chinese history, and The ...

Today we're welcoming author Khaled Talib to The Book Cove. He's the author of three novels -- the most recent titled Gun Kiss  was published December 2017 and has received rave reviews. TBC: Tell us a little bit about yourself. Where are you from?  KT: I was born and raised in Singapore. I've been writing since I was a kid. Although I did attain some recognition, I never realized my full potential until much later. My little voice, once lost, kept pressing me on. To date, I've authored three novels. I am self-taught, never once having the opportunity to attend a workshop or a school to learn the craft. Along the route, I experienced agony and ecstasy. I ended up being a magazine writer before switching to the field of public relations. It also involved some form of writing though different from fiction. I find myself more interested in writing fiction as it allows my imagination to thrive in more ways than one. It's like baking a cake, you know; there are many...