It was the old expat's Thailand, long before the internet, where days were long and the country still remote, and one could find adventure in every new day.
It was a frenetic land undergoing an economic boom, but also an isolated outpost for lost souls. Anything was possible-fortunes, visions, and the challenges of becoming a man.
Ron Morris applies the discipline of the short story to true tales of adventure: hiding from the Khmer Rouge, fired on during Thailand's Black May, beset by ghosts in the city, entombed with a legendary sword in Burma, living under Siamese skies...
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