{"product_id":"ashura-a-filipino-reckoning-paperback","title":"Ashura: A Filipino Reckoning - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eQuintin Jose V. Pastrana\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a country riven by death and corruption, unlikely companions risk everything to find a little girl whose secret could expose murderers hiding in plain sight.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAshura \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of three lives, intertwined by fate and circumstance, speaking truth to power amid the escalating tide of extrajudicial killings in modern-day Philippines. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spanning three continents, seven cities, and twelve months, the novel weaves a powerful narrative of interrupted youth, shared identity amid brazen politics, and the elusive search for justice. It traces the invisible threads of kinship that grow stronger as its characters navigate the fragile line between life and death, history and love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The reader is drawn into separate inner journeys that converge on the bloodstained streets of Metro Manila and Mindanao, the shifting corridors of power in Washington, DC, and the dark recesses of Barcelona--culminating in an uncertain reckoning at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eAshura\u003c\/i\u003e becomes a shared, unfinished legacy of a nation still struggling to define itself.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuintin Jose V. Pastrana \u003c\/b\u003eis an energy entrepreneur, library builder, and writer. He holds degrees in Business, International Relations, and Creative Writing from Georgetown University, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Oxford. His works include \u003ci\u003eAmbahan: A Love Story \u003c\/i\u003e(2021), a compendium of indigenous verse poetry; \u003ci\u003eInfieles: 12 Filipino Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (2023), a short fiction collection; and \u003ci\u003eThe Kitten Who Lost Her Purr (\u003c\/i\u003e2024), a young adult book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Quintin is currently President of WEnergy Power Pilipinas and Archipelago Renewables Corporation, a leader in renewables and hybrid energy microgrids, and is an Asia Society, US ASEAN Business Council, and Lannan Poetry Fellow. He is the Founder of the award-winning Library Renewal Partnership, and Asociacion Vuelta, a social enterprise for migrant communities in Spain.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48452589650169,"sku":"9789815233865","price":19.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/6sY5UgYJGk9789815233865.webp?v=1779954937","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/ashura-a-filipino-reckoning-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}