Mark T Sondrini

The Burma Shave Mark T Sondrini

After meeting a beautiful Burmese girl in a Singapore karaoke bar, Justinian is convinced to help her rescue her two young brothers from a Burmese government labor camp. To obtain funding and support for his venture, he must first engineer the break-out from a Bangkok jail, the grandson of his backer who accused of being a drug mule. No mean feat by itself. Recruiting aid from several old CIA contacts, and with the assistance of a Chinese bodyguard and the girl, they begin their quest. Moving from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Bangkok, Thailand and finally into the jungles of Burma, the team travels by plane, car and eventually on foot. This snapshot of life in Southeast Asia, filled with crisis and intrigue, is contrasted with Kase's "simple" life in Chicago as a PI.