Books published by publisher Vision Books Intl

Excerpt from the Introduction: This book provides a fresh approach to these legendary tales from the 7,000 Isles. We have taken the liberty of introducting embellishments and fanciful scenarios to make each tale more dramatic. A pronunciation key is included at the bottom of each page in which unfamiliar words occur to provide readers a perspective of the culture setting of the stories. We hpoe our readers will enjoy this ocllection of the best of Philippine folktales. - The Authors

Sometimes Pain Opens the Soul....Fourteen-year old Irina Kotova’s life as a promising violinist collapses in sync with the demise of the Soviet Union. After her father is killed in a bar fight, her ailing mother is hauled off to jail without explanation. Now considered an orphan, Irina is forced to live in a boarding school where Russia’s throwaway kids are abandoned and forgotten. Irina is constantly tormented by Vadim Solokov, a mean-spirited hooligan who takes great pleasure in reminding her that nobody cares about them. Irina is convinced he is right, and the not-so-mysterious theft of her precious violin seals her resolve to escape the school or die trying. Will she find a place to belong before bitterness destroys all her dreams?

RN-turned novelist Bill Clem weaves a chilling tale of medical mayhem in this seat-of-your-pants thriller. David Reel, Washington, D.C. plastic surgeon and researcher, is about to make medical history. After two successful trial surgeries, his new creation, a second generation lab-grown skin, promises to be a miracle for burn victims. But beneath the fanfare, David is an emotionally tortured soul, haunted by the deaths of his mother and best friend in a horrific fire years before. Now, while managing his legitimate surgical practice, David is pursuing a more ungodly quest deep in the confines of his lab. That, however, is just the beginning of the nightmare, when he discovers that an unrelenting psychopath is out to destroy him. With his patients doomed and David on the verge of a breakdown, he has one final surprise for the medical community. Something so bizarre, so horrifying, not even his nemesis could have imagined it. And it will push David Reel to the brink of insanity and beyond?

Sometimes Pain Opens the Soul....Fourteen-year old Irina Kotova’s life as a promising violinist collapses in sync with the demise of the Soviet Union. After her father is killed in a bar fight, her ailing mother is hauled off to jail without explanation. Now considered an orphan, Irina is forced to live in a boarding school where Russia’s throwaway kids are abandoned and forgotten. Irina is constantly tormented by Vadim Solokov, a mean-spirited hooligan who takes great pleasure in reminding her that nobody cares about them. Irina is convinced he is right, and the not-so-mysterious theft of her precious violin seals her resolve to escape the school or die trying. Will she find a place to belong before bitterness destroys all her dreams?

Twelve year-old Gabe Zanadu, his brother, Alex, and dogs Thunder and Lightning face Team Test #2 in Germany’s Berchtesgaden Salt Mines. Fighting a human-trafficking ring, they must successfully negotiate the Egyptian Path of Death to free themselves, the victims and bring their captors to justice.THE SALT MINES MYSTERYThreatened in the streets of Goeppingen, Germany, Gabe and Alex Zanadu make a disastrous decision that plummets them, their dogs Thunder and Lightning, and international friends into the clutches of an evil human trafficking ring.Who sent thugs to attack twelve-year-old Gabe in an alley?What secret does Gabe and Alex, his fourteen-year-old brother, learn at the War Council?Can the boys remember the sailor song clues given by the mysterious ‘G’ and survive?How do Thunder and Lightning keep their masters alive?Will Gabe and Alex’s brotherly ties withstand the onslaught of danger?Who will finish the race through the Egyptian Path of Death?Find the answers to these questions and more in this heart-pumping, action-packed adventure/mystery story. And the Thunder and Lightning saga is just beginning!

On a foggy Okinawan night,a stranger disrupts the Zanadu family’s firstisland-unique dinner at a seafood restaurant.His violent search for a flying microbot leaves the family devastated, with Gabe and Alex Zanadu’s mother unconscious on the floor. An Okinawan government official’s son, Mike, whosefather was also assaulted, leads the boys in a search for the fleeing thugs. Unsuccessful in bringing the attackers to justice, Gabe and Alex, their two dogs, Thunder and Lightning, and their newfriends, Mike and his older sister, Crystal, are then hunted by the Okinawan and mainland-Japan mafia.When the Japanese mafia grabs Alex and Crystal, the race is on for Gabe and Mike, along with the dogs, to find and free their siblings before they meetan untimely end.