Don't Go, Ramanya

By Rush Leaming

From the Midwest Book Review, D. Donovan:

"Don't Go, Ramanya is thriller reading at its best, cementing a turbulent political atmosphere with an overlay of diverse and realistic human concerns and endeavors that border on the extraordinary. Genre fans who seek atmosphere and description in their reads will find that Leaming doesn't sacrifice either psychological depth or evocative setting for the sake of fast-paced action, winding all into an emotionally and socially charged saga that's hard to put down.

Ramanya was a rebel soldier in his native Burma, but is now a Buddhist monk expat living in Thailand. He lost everything, including his family, when he fled his former home - or, has he? When a stranger visits him to let him know all is not lost, Ramanya faces a terrible decision between the new peaceful life he's forged in Thailand and returning to war-torn Burma in search of family and answers.
But all is not as it appears. Is Thailand really a peaceful haven, or Burma's dangerous neighbor, facing its own brand of terrorism and disruption? And is his family really alive; or is this a ruse to get him to return to a country where he can be captured and executed for treason?
Against the backdrop of a hostage situation placing Thailand and Burma at odds with one another and threatening to ignite the entire region, Ramanya faces his own challenges, from modern world to ancient conflicts, decisions made to flee his homeland and the impact they've had on his love and life, and a possible one-way ticket back to hell."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rush Leaming
• Release date: Nov 21, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370034437

Rush Leaming

RUSH LEAMING has done many things including spending 15+ years in film/video production working on such projects as The Lord of the Rings films. He was also an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Carolina. His first novel, Don't Go, Ramanya, a literary thriller set in Thailand, was published in the Fall of 2016 and reached number one on Amazon. He is currently working on his next novel, to be published in Fall of 2018, entitled The Whole of the Moon, set in the Congo at the end of the Cold War. His short stories have appeared in Notations, 67 Press, The Electric Eclectic, Lightwave and 5k Fiction. He has lived in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Zaire, Thailand, Spain, Greece, England and Kenya. He currently lives in South Carolina.