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Vol. 1, No. 1 (World Edition) July, 2015
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A Novel with Middle East as Centerpoint

The Middle East is the focus of the
incidents in this novel from N. Madera
Aguilar which came out in March, 2014. In
this book, the drama highlights the events in
Syria, although the author has emphasized
that this is not a war story; rather, it is some
kind of a love story taking the reader into an
extended tour of various places, particularly
Europe. The main characters though are of
Asian descent.
This work of fiction and represents the
dilemma that Mideast transients have to
contend with in living life in that land. The
characters created herein are purely fictional
and any similarity or resemblance to actual
persons is purely coincidental. The places
described, however, are real and the events
that transpire forming as backdrop of the
story may have actually happened. Inclusion
of aspects thereof is imperative to give flavor
to the story.
What the Book is About
This book is another title on the authors
experimentations at DIY-POD (Do-ityourself/Publish or print-on-demand) as a
vogue. Self-publishing or independent
publishing is now a worldwide reality and the
indie author in some places, more
particularly the United States, has gained
prominence and avowed acceptance.
The
author is motivated solely by a desire to
provide entertainment to the readers, and no
offence, if any, is intended to an individual or
group, be it as to their beliefs or well-being.

To avail, click on
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www.amazon.com/dp/B00J94FXPK

Sampling the Book

As the pages of the book open, we are
treated with incidents which unravel in the
first chapter of the book. Thus:

As soon as the gate of the villa swung open, a

group of fatigue-uniformed soldiers entered, having
forcibly done away with the lock and barging through
the wires that buttressed the security of the entrance
portion of the compound. They were about a dozen
while another group, which was half of their number,
remained outside the gate to watch the surrounding
area. The five of them who were able to proceed to
the door of the villa fronting the gate rammed
through it and pushed themselves inside. Meanwhile,
dusk was beginning to hover over the area.
The place was located in the outskirts of Aleppo
City. It was an exclusive village comprising of
structures with divergent but exquisite designs
suggesting that the occupants thereof did not belong
to the lower strata of society. Large villas lined the
streets and were unmistakably drawing the
impression that they housed no less that the citys
elite.
In the last remaining days of June, 2012, there had
been a marked alteration of the atmosphere that
engulfed the village, characterized by eeriness
resulting from abandonment of the plush residences
that used to be kept alive by the residents.
Of the five soldiers who made a search in the
villas ground floor, three went up later to the second
floor and ransacked the rooms as the two who
remained at the foot of the stairway stayed on full
alert, their hands holding their respective rifles
tightlyindicating that they were ready to fire on
slightest provocation.
Nooo! As voices of men boomed, so did the
bursts from guns.
The two soldiers who stayed on the first floor
immediately run up the stairs but were met by one of
their comrades who apparently came from another
room where no gunshot was heard. He was holding a
dark-skinned unarmed young man, apparently in his
early twenties, by the collar of his shirt as the latters
two hands were placed on his head. He was sporting
a long hair. When their eyes turned to the other room,
the bodies of their two comrades sprawled just a step
beyond the door and into the room met their sight. A
few steps further two bodies were also seen lying: a
Caucasian on top of a brown man. All four were
bloodied.
Before the three soldiers could do something to
rescue their fallen comrades, a huge explosion
occurred just outside the gate of the villa, prompting
them to leave the sprawled bodies and instead join
the rest of the soldiers in the compound.

It was a single explosion, though intense.

What was that? one of the three soldiers from
the interior of the villa asked those near the gate.

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More Books
(Novels)
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The Novel The Fall of Damascus has
been published in print and e-book and is now
in circulation. But it does not end there.
Something beyond has come up and the
story continues to be told. Theres no
stopping The Fall of Damascus as more
could be read in Damascus Will Falla
continuing journey into more intriguing days
as subsequent events in the drama unfold.
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I believe you. I can sense it. Even though we

werent together for a long time.
You shouldnt entertain backsliding thoughts.
I told you I have faith in you. And even if you did
make love to each other, it wouldnt matter to me
now. Nor would have it mattered then.

I know our taking of you was wrong.

And no amount of rightfulness Id ever done

could have straightened the crookedness that resulted
from it.
Its over now and theres no use for regrets.
Time doesnt allow retakes for our previous actions.
I would not hold you if you decide to go with
him. If you believe being with him is all that matters,
then proceed. I will not take it against you.
Stop it

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One More Novel

(Another Middle Eastern Theme)
The following is an excerpt from the new
book:

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A day after the visit of an unexpected visitor

Did the visit bother you?
No not at all. By the way, it seems the visit of
drowsiness to you seems to have been delayed this
time. You werent able to take a nap all day?
Yes, a strange thing, indeed. Maybe, my mind is
working extra hard and it induces the vigilance in me.
Aah, the past runs back to me and its sweeping me
off my feet.
She didnt speak but he knew she was expecting a
further statement from him.
So he went on. You said the visit didnt cause
a disturbance on you. But youve been less talkative
today.
You, too.
Yes, I must admit he brought some facets for
realization.
What do you mean?
Did you regret coming back to me?
How could you say that?
I cant see you clearly but I can sense a lot of
supervening vibrations since yesterday.
What?
He didnt make love to you did he?
Noo!
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The Last Traces of Hope is available both

in print and e-book. It is a novel about the
Mideast turmoil and how it affected the lives
of those who were trapped in the 1990 Iraqi
invasion of Kuwait. A ship manned by
Filipino crew members was docked in the
international port of Kuwait on August 2,
1990 when the incursion transpired. This
book tells what happened when the vessel
was about to sail and after it did.
The novel is available in print at
www.createspace.com/3621484 and as an ebook at www.smashwords.com. It is also
available
in
Kindle
version
at
https://kdp.amazon.com.
It is available, too, in the Philippines via-www.central.com.ph/bookstoreplus/.

Menace on the Face of the Red Moon is

a novella that tells us what happens when
members of a family in bereavement cling to
a hope that their patriarch is still alive.
It also points to us the influence of
superstition and the nagging belief that there
is certain healing that lies somewhere even if
the way towards it is crooked and wearisome.
A conflict between the modern and the
traditional is inevitably tackled when the
protagonists tread the same path to a single
objective.
It may be added to cart online by clicking
on: www.createspace.com/3571177.
It is likewise available in E-book form on
www.smashwords.com or on Amazon
(KDP)
by
clicking
on
www.amazon.com/dp/B004S7EZY8.

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A Novella

Short Fiction

(Available in Print or E-book)

(Available in Print or E-book)

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In A Man and a Girl, a prisoners travails

and misgivings are featured and thus becomes
the focal point of the story. He is one day
released from jail and has regained his
freedom. But he worries about his wife and
daughter who never visited him during his
incarceration. He sets out to look for them
and what he eventually finds out shakes him
in disbelief.
The story is included in the authors
collection of his other works of fiction,
Fiction Assemblage, made up of a novella
and four short stories which are available
either in print or in e-book format.
The collection may be procured online
through
https://www.createspace.com/3598890.
Other short works of fiction included in
Fiction Assemblage are the following:

www.createspace.com/3565490. A Girls
Awakening is a tale that brings us to the rural
life in the Philippines which a barrio lass,
Andrea leads. She is no longer a girl but not
yet a woman. In her status, and while basking
in the lure of natural beauty in her
surroundings, she is suddenly exposed to the
danger that lurks behind.
It is also available as e-book on KDP/Ama
zon and www.smashwords.com.
It is likewise available by a search on this-www.scribd.com/narmabooks.

The story Losing, brings the readers to a

scene where a meeting between a man and a
woman takes place. Their respective reactions
towards each other are spontaneous when
prompted by the confrontation. The woman
stares at the man with a subdued smile
bordering on being apprehensive as she is
unsure of how the former would take this
meeting which she had sought for. The man
doesnt allow a smile to flash on his face
which is not only an epitome of surprise but
also a portrait of disbelief. It is available as an
e-book on KDP/Amazon and Smashwords.

A Girls Awakening is a short story and it

is paired with Losing to form a separate
publication in printed version at CreateSpace
labelled as two tales of lifes facets: one, of
young age; the other, aging. It is available at
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Some New Works

(Legally-themed E-books)
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Harvest of Sand tells us of a turmoil in

the Middle East and how foreign lives were
affected. It is an account of events which
transpired in the Middle East in 1990
spawned by Iraqs incursion into Kuwait. On
August 2, 1990 in Kuwait City, it was getting
late but Brian Rios, a deputy employment and
welfare attach assigned at the Philippine
Embassy there, knew he was facing a
sleepless night. More people would be
arriving and would be joining the multitude of
those who were already jostled in the
embassy premises. The succeeding scenes
were unnerving.
The story is included in the authors
collection of his other works of fiction,
Fiction Assemblage, made up of a novella
and four short stories which are available
either in print or in e-book format.
It is likewise available in E-book form on
www.smashwords.com. More information on
this title may be viewed through
www.scribd.com/narmabooks.

The foregoing book with legally related

subject matter is available through
www.central.com.ph/bookstoreplus/
The following titles are available, too:

This book with legally related subject

matter is available through
https://www.createspace.com/3560703.
It can also be procured through a visit on:
www.xinxii.com or by a click on the link as
follows: www.scribd.com/narmabooks.

The foregoing two books are likewise

available as e-books on www.xinxii.com and
www.scribd.com/narmabooks.
Roads to a Verdict is the latest work from
the author.
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Inspirational Books
(E-books)
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An inspirational e-book coming from
author N. Madera Aguilar entitled A Time to
Heal, is now available in outlets where his
other books may be found.
This book features the nostalgic memories
of certain times that the author had gone
through as he struggled to contend with the
challenging events that interceded as he went
on for an encounter with inspiration. In
unravelling the same, a deeper introspection
towards a realization that the gifts we have
been endowed with influence certain aspects
of our lives become inevitable.
This is the authors second self-published
inspirational book. Its content deals with
prayer empowerment and the influence on the
seekers of grace as well as on matters
concerning:
faith,
worship,
healing,
protection, refuge, recovery and various
aspects of inspiration. Like the authors
previously
published
book,
Finding
Pathways through the Community, it
presents a compilation of written testimonies
on the authors encounter with spirituality and
grace amid the difficult journey in the
previously uncertain itinerary. Likewise, as an
inspirational work, it unravels some of the
realities in life which the author met during
the pursuit of growth: from the day God gave
him life on earth to his current day-to-day
endeavors, particularly in being part of the
truth that God reveals to His people. It is a
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quest in writing that seeks to analyze the

significant events in his life which are
interlaced with profiles of his faith. As the
struggle to establish a base from where the
pursuit of his mission in life will have to take
off continues, the vast space of the Web
becomes the proper arena.
Unlike in purely fictional works where the
characters created therein merely resemble or
show similarity to actual persons, arising
solely on a coincidental basis, the individuals
and places described herein are real and the
events that transpire forming as backdrop of
the narration have actually happened.
Inclusion of aspects thereof has become
imperative to give flavor to the veracity of the
same.
Nostalgic memories of the occurrence and
the concomitant dilemma that arose in times
of the events recollected would find inclusion
in the given chapters of this book. Thus, a
deeper introspection towards a realization of
the role we should have played well in the
global arena we are in would ensue.

further in the ashen trap, the outcome would

be unthinkable.
Good that you did not become sterile as a
consequence, the physician added.

Recalling the fear

An excerpt from the book states:
In later years, I could not help but muse on
the after effects of the accident which I did
not expect to draw me into the realm of pain.
What I fell into was a quagmire of heat that
could have wrought me more harm were it
not for the timely rush of men to where I got
stuck, plucking me from the smoldering
hazard.
Those men had just come from a mass
which was celebrated in the village chapel.
The helping hands which they extended, I am
certain, were guided by no less than Gods
own hand.
The injuries I sustained reached up to my
knees and higher. A doctor opined that had I
stayed longer being mired, thus sinking

Authors inspirational works may be

viewed through
www.scribd.com/narmabooks.

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