PACIFIC DASH is the colorful new novel following the vagabond life journey of Dashiell Bonaventure, a young American who for decades roams Asia pursuing thrills and truth. This vivid work of gaudy fiction transports readers to exotic foreign worlds and will satisfy any fan of armchair global travel, adventure fiction or romance.

In 1968, a job transfer catapults young Dash's family across the globe, leaving the cornfields of Illinois for the scintillating new world of far-flung Hong Kong. In his innocence, the teen believes his expatriate high school days will just be a temporary experience, but he is mistaken. For thus begins a lifelong odyssey as Dash drifts between continents and crisscrosses Asia in constant pursuit of adventure and self-discovery.

For several decades he wanders through Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Thailand, Myanmar and more. Eccentric and flamboyant personalities roll through his life as Dash roams the jungles, beaches, and cities of the Far East.

Along the way, he falls desperately in love while also making bitter enemies. He saves lives but also nearly loses his own. Among his adventures, he backpacks and motorcycles across Indonesia, works in an illegal casino afloat offshore from Singapore and eventually, becomes wildly wealthy a VIP junket pioneer in Macau, hosting 'whale gamblers' from around the region.

The story unwinds at a furious pace and is truly a mad dash: From a sudden disaster at international high school in cosmopolitan Hong Kong … to fantasy years jetting around the globe as the collegiate protégé to the world’s reigning literary rock star … From a dreamlike backpacking idyll through culture-lush Indonesia … to an unplanned decade riding a sleazy floating casino in the Straits of Malacca … and finally on to Dash’s stunning rise to power as the wealthiest Westerner in Asia and king of Greater China's casino business.

With PACIFIC DASH, readers experience life amongst Asia's elite, the young princesses and princelings at the international high school in 1960s Hong Kong. They hang out with Aussie surfer dudes in Bali and go tromping down the 1970s hippie trail to Afghanistan, Nepal and beyond. They thrill to illegal high-stakes baccarat tables on the high seas and gorge on spicy foods eaten by hand off banana leaves. And they fall in love with the gorgeous Fiona Lo Ting-Ting and make friends with intriguing characters like Snakehead Goh, PY (Little Fatty) Lee, Chickie Schmidt and Jackson Toh.