Indian Adventure

With this diverse collection of short stories, Manik Bal continues to explore the bizarre in the mundane, and the mundane in the bizarre. Exploring seemingly ordinary characters as a caretaker of a shared accommodation, a construction supervisor, and an out of job stay at home husband, every story weaves a heady cocktail of ordinary and unbelievable. The characters cheat each other with glee, but also display loyalty, even at a possible cost of their lives. The narrative shows the danger of the destructive ire of a spurned partner, yet shows the power of silent, long term marital love. The ...

In a riveting novel of love and adventure, young Julius Meyer comes to the New World to find himself acting as translator for the famed Indian chief, Standing Bear. Young Jewish immigrant Julius comes of age surrounded by the wild world of 1867 Nebraska. He befriends the mysterious Prophet John, who saves his life when the two are captured by the Ponca Indian tribe. Living as a slave, Julius meets the noble chief Standing Bear and his young daughter, Prairie Flower, with whom he falls in love.

Captain Emmett “Brass Stars” Fulton CSA thought the mission easy, head to New Orleans and steal the yankee payroll. Then keep it for himself. Simple! But Emmitt finds his steps dogged by The Indian he failed to kill, the Confederate army for murder, the Federals for the gold, and just about everyone else for the reward! Now Emmett must escape north dragging along a load of trouble and somehow still keep his neck out of the noose and the gold in his pocket.