South Sea Gold

In the Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea, foreign mining companies are competing to mine newly discovered gold fields. Tom Akani, reporter for the Port Moresby Journal, has his eyes opened to incompetence and corruption when mining interests strongly oppose his feature stories about conditions at the Owego gold mine. Anonymous agents hire a gang to threaten his life, his family, and the newspaper. But his ongoing investigation reveals a plot against the national government itself. Police Inspector Jason Kerro senses a connection between attacks on the newspaper and the disappearance of vast amounts of government money intended for the nation's hospitals and schools. He joins forces with Tom and his team of reporters. But who is behind the attacks, and where is the proof? And can Tom withstand the pressure on his family? This is the third novel in author Keith Dahlberg's Asia/Pacific trilogy of the developing Third World.

Keith Dahlberg has a BA in chemistry (Syracuse University) and an MD from SUNY Upstate Medical Center. He worked fifteen years with hospitals of American Baptist Churches USA in Myanmar and Thailand, and thirty years in private medical practice in the silver-mining region of northern Idaho. After retiring from office practice he worked as a temporary supply doctor in America and abroad, including East Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea, Kachin State in Myanmar, and Kwai River Christian Hospital in Thailand. ＂South Sea Gold＂ is his sixth book; two are now in their second edition. His first novel, ＂Flame Tree＂, received a finalist award in Peace Hope’s 2001 International Writing Awards competition. His second novel, ＂The Samana Incident＂, was awarded first prize in fiction at the 2007 Green Lake Christian Writers’ Conference. He and his wife Lois live in Kellogg, Idaho. They have four children, and nine grandchildren.