In the Foreboding Shadows of Holiness - Paperback

by Scott Shaw (Author)

In this piercing novel, Scott Shaw takes the reader into the lost realms of 1980s Burma where he details, in his uniquely personal and revealing manner, the paths of love, lust, wanderlust, and the violence brought on by ruthless mercenaries. As is universally the case with his international novels, Shaw details the sights, sounds, and experiences of the geographic region through the eyes of someone who truly knows the terrain -- providing deep insight in the world that surrounds his central characters.

Author Biography

Scott Shaw is a prolific author, actor, composer, artist, photographer, and filmmaker. Shaw was born and spent his formative years in Hollywood, California and has since spent years of his life living in various geographical locations throughout Asia. As an author, his poetry and literary fiction was first published in literary journals in the late 1970s. He continued forward to have several works of poetry and literature published in book form during the 1980s. During this decade a number of his works on the Social Sciences were also published. As the 1990s dawned, due to his life-long involvement, Shaw's writings began to be embraced in Spiritual and Martial Art circles. From this, he has authored a number of books on Zen Buddhism, Yoga, and the Martial Arts, published by large publishing houses.