Bøker av Jasmine Borschberg

At twelve, Li Hua is sold to a floating brothel, but destiny has other plans. Behind the walls of the Forbidden City, she evolves from concubine to spy. She navigates treachery, suppresses a rebellion, and engineers a bold escape with only a mastery of martial arts and a cinnabar dragon pendant imbued with the fatal poison known as GU.In modern-day San Francisco, Lu Carter, an adopted Chinese American and a medical engineer, is introduced to the mysteries of her family's past when she receives an ancient chronicle. During a trip to Shanghai, she uncovers her birth mother's dark history-imprisonment and debts owed to the wrong people. Upon her return, Lu is terminated from her job and faces a corporate espionage lawsuit after her invention is leaked. But the past and present soon collide.

MAYANS, CRYSTAL SKULLS AND THE JAGUAR THRONE BRILLIANTLY COME TO LIFE IN THE THIRD BOOK OF THE MYSTERY AROUND HISTORY SERIESWhen Miki and her friends offer to run Aunt Sonia''s pizza parlor while on Christmas vacation, they elatedly find themselves right in the middle of the Mexican jungle, in time for a galactic alignment that only takes place every 25,000 years. They soon discover something eerie about this pizza parlor and its odd guests that are brimming full of weird yet interesting information. While on a late night pizza delivery, amidst the massive Mayan maze, the four friends accidentally find themselves interrupting a ceremony of sacrificial nature. All havoc breaks loose at the main pyramid as the four switch to rescue mode, someone accidentally drinks poison, and Miki becomes obsessed in discovering who the person is behind the wooden mask. www.mystery-around-history.com

Part 2 is an unbelievable glimpse into the future. A real page turner!When four friends reunite for a week of adventure in the historical town of Dutch Flat, the action is riveting and nonstop. The hotel''s rusty old dumbwaiter unexpectedly becomes the mode of transportation as they reconnoiter the year 2168. While trying to wrap their minds around the many mysteries and marvels of the future, an old inventor friend pops up shedding light on the new technology as they venture into uncharted territory. Firsthand experience not only opens their eyes to the hallucinatory future, but eventually brings them back down to earth addressing more urgent matters and needs regarding their own planet. At the end of the day, conclusions and revelations are made, that not only becomes the glue to their relationships but also changes the course of their lives forever.Jasmine Borschberg has written the series; The Mystery Around History, while residing on the island of Batam Indonesia. Her many adventures and first hand experiences help bring these amazing stories to life.