Year of the Cat and Other Stories

֍ A French doctor finds love and purpose in colonial Indochina, witnessing the struggle for Vietnamese independence for more than four decades.

֍ A displaced Philippine orphan seeks a man’s protection from potential sexual exploitation by others, finding a new family in the midst of her despair.

֍ An unusual Filipino man finds a new life from a most unusual visitor.

֍ An American in Japan make a clandestine journey, stopping in South Korea on his way to deliver a mysterious package in Vladivostok, Far Eastern Russia.

֍ In 1924, a Chinese scientist and his assistant travel to the Gobi Desert, seeking an unexplained creature, finding an unforeseen future.

֍ Two bomber crews during the Korean War see a mysterious object in the sky, while a M.A.S.H. has an even stranger experience on the ground.

֍ A couple in Manila find more than they ever expected on a building rooftop.

֍ In 1700s Okinawa, a failed marriage proposal, and the death of a fisherman, has unexpected consequences for a man and his daughter.

֍ In 1967, the love of a couple is tested by the consequences of the Vietnam War.

֍ A man, returning to his family home in India, finds he has no choice with whom he falls in love, but also finds that there is price he must pay for that love.

֍ Ten tales of intrigue, passion, struggle, and love, take you to places in Asia you never imagined.