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Spice
After almost forty years of searching, Ravuth at last feels hopeful. Gazing out of the window he thinks about the last time he saw his parents and mischievous younger brother. He grimaces as he recalls watching the Khmer Rouge herd them off like animals along with the rest of his villagers.
Letting out a deep sigh, Ravuth wonders, ‘Are they all still alive? What will they look like now? Will they remember me? I can only imagine what they’ve been through.’ With his thoughts in turmoil, his eardrums pop and his stomach churns as the plane descends through clouds as it approaches Phnom Penh International airport.
This thrilling, unpredictable, yet sometimes hilarious quest, takes you from the fashionable London restaurant scene to the wild untamed jungles of the Cardamom Mountains, where an English baker and a Cambodian refugee search for a missing family and try to find an amazing plant.
Ben Bakewell is the Master Pâtissier at one of London’s most prestigious restaurants.
Better known as Cake, he befriends Ravuth, a refugee from the killing fields of Cambodia who fled to England in the 1970’s as the Khmer Rouge ravished his country.
As a youngster, Ravuth stumbled across an unknown plant, the source of an incredible and unique spice.
Separated from his family by the Khmer Rouge, and having spent the majority of his life trying to trace them, Ravuth returns to Cambodia with Cake to seek the rare plant and find his missing loved ones.
Arriving in Cambodia, they team up with a disgraced ex-DEA agent bent on revenge and needs to find the plant for purposes that are far more sinister.
They furrow into the deepest parts of the untamed, unforgiving, Cardamom jungle where they barely come out alive.
Please enjoy Spice today!
Letting out a deep sigh, Ravuth wonders, ‘Are they all still alive? What will they look like now? Will they remember me? I can only imagine what they’ve been through.’ With his thoughts in turmoil, his eardrums pop and his stomach churns as the plane descends through clouds as it approaches Phnom Penh International airport.
This thrilling, unpredictable, yet sometimes hilarious quest, takes you from the fashionable London restaurant scene to the wild untamed jungles of the Cardamom Mountains, where an English baker and a Cambodian refugee search for a missing family and try to find an amazing plant.
Ben Bakewell is the Master Pâtissier at one of London’s most prestigious restaurants.
Better known as Cake, he befriends Ravuth, a refugee from the killing fields of Cambodia who fled to England in the 1970’s as the Khmer Rouge ravished his country.
As a youngster, Ravuth stumbled across an unknown plant, the source of an incredible and unique spice.
Separated from his family by the Khmer Rouge, and having spent the majority of his life trying to trace them, Ravuth returns to Cambodia with Cake to seek the rare plant and find his missing loved ones.
Arriving in Cambodia, they team up with a disgraced ex-DEA agent bent on revenge and needs to find the plant for purposes that are far more sinister.
They furrow into the deepest parts of the untamed, unforgiving, Cardamom jungle where they barely come out alive.
Please enjoy Spice today!
416 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 20, 2011
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About the author
Robert A. Webster
12 books3 followersRobert A. Webster is a multi-genre author based in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. Originally from Cleethorpes, UK, he embodies both hearty wit and adventurous vigor, making his prose insanely memorable and incessantly enjoyable. His unique brand of snarky humour and imaginative storytelling breathe vivid life into his work, which combines comical British characters with exotic Southeast Asian settings. The result is "brilliant" and "unpredictable," as Dinorah Blackman of Readers' Favorite says.
His first novel Siam Storm received rave reviews in the expat community in southeast Asia. Its sequels, Chalice and Bimat, were similarly acclaimed. Protector, the fourth book of the Siam Storm series, continues the journey of the lovable scallywags who have a penchant for mischief. The books document high-octane escapades and colourful, fantastical narratives that don't stop.
His other hilarious novels include Fossils and Spice, and his journey into the Paranormal genre with PATH and Next makes him an adaptable imaginative writer. He has just finished his first non-fiction work following his research into, and help for, diabetes type 2 sufferers.
https://www.facebook.com/Buddhasauthor
His first novel Siam Storm received rave reviews in the expat community in southeast Asia. Its sequels, Chalice and Bimat, were similarly acclaimed. Protector, the fourth book of the Siam Storm series, continues the journey of the lovable scallywags who have a penchant for mischief. The books document high-octane escapades and colourful, fantastical narratives that don't stop.
His other hilarious novels include Fossils and Spice, and his journey into the Paranormal genre with PATH and Next makes him an adaptable imaginative writer. He has just finished his first non-fiction work following his research into, and help for, diabetes type 2 sufferers.
https://www.facebook.com/Buddhasauthor
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December 20, 2013
Excellent novel
Full of action and adventure. Set mainly in Cambodia this book has all the makings of a great movie. A gripping page turner that I thoroughly enjoyed. Easily one of my favourite reads.
Full of action and adventure. Set mainly in Cambodia this book has all the makings of a great movie. A gripping page turner that I thoroughly enjoyed. Easily one of my favourite reads.
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January 5, 2014
First book I read by this author. I became an instant fan
December 25, 2013
Thoroughly enjoyable novel
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