{"product_id":"earth-dragon-run-paperback","title":"Earth Dragon Run - 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\u003eDavid Pinault\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJobless, friendless, restless and adrift, ex-librarian Daniel Quirk knows he needs a change. Off-again, on-again (at best) in his Catholic faith, he makes an impulse-stop at a church that leads to a flash decision: leave the States and make a new life overseas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe finds work at an animal refuge in South Africa, where he meets fellow volunteer Zhang \"Minnie\" Meixing, who's devoted to protecting the endangered \"earth dragon\" pangolins that are her special love. But Quirk discovers Minnie's in hiding from her past. The Communist Party in China has announced a cash bounty for her capture. When her animal rescue efforts threaten to reveal the Party's involvement in a network of clandestine enterprises--from wildlife poaching to human trafficking to cyberscams--the authorities decide to do what is needed to keep all this secret: abduct Minnie and the animal she loves best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMinnie's uncle, a missionary Catholic priest who is himself on the run from the Party, has a plan to free both his niece and her pangolin. But he'll need the help of Daniel Quirk--who's not sure he has the strength, or the faith, to extricate prisoners from a Chinese jail cell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs urgent and timely as tomorrow's headlines, \u003ci\u003eEarth Dragon Run\u003c\/i\u003e propels us from San Francisco to the African bushveldt, from Hong Kong to Vietnam and on to a confrontation amid the jungle ruins of ancient Angkor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Pinault \u003c\/b\u003eis an Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University. He is the author of the acclaimed work \u003ci\u003eThe Crucifix on Mecca's Front Porch\u003c\/i\u003e. His other publications include the novels \u003ci\u003eProvidence Blue: A Fantasy Quest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMuseum of Seraphs in Torment\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267276947705,"sku":"9781621647669","price":20.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZrTbcsy5VH9781621647669.webp?v=1768862682","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/earth-dragon-run-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}