Left My Bones in Bosnia: A Modern Ninja's Path Through War to Inner Peace (Novel) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798411848243)

Alex Sharp is a man with a past. Marina Hodzic is a woman without a future. When they meet, the curse of the ancient times is revived, threatening to infect the world.

When Alex, an artist, a nature lover, a repentant veteran of the Bosnian war, but primarily, a NINJA, moves from Melbourne into a rustic wooden cabin in the Bosnian mountains, he doesn't expect to start an unconventional war with a drug cartel. Although at times madly heroic, this conflict is a minor inconvenience for Alex. Nocturnal forests of his native country hold a secret that is even more terrifying.

For Marina Hodzic, the girl next door, teen romance turns into a life of uncertainty when she falls in love with the son of a ruthless drug-lord. After deciding to escape her golden cage, she is ready for anything. But not for what will come out of those woods.
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Born of a Bosnian-Serb father, as part of the Australian diaspora, Aleksandar Bursach was raised to be a pro-Serbian nationalist and an activist. The war in ex-Yugoslavia in 1992 brought him back to Bosnia. At a half a world distance from his action movies and ninja comics, the weekend warrior and a ninjutsu fanatic, Aleksandar soon realized that the real war is fought with no honor or dignity. The big shock, however, was the discovery of a well-kept family secret.

Thirty years later, with a new name, older and wiser, Alex Sharp is back in the Motherland. This time, he comes in peace. Or at least he thinks he does. The country, with its complicated government system, never completely recovered from war, is ruled from the underground. The local population is unemployed and frustrated, but the real horror lurks within the forest where Alex now lives to escape the ghosts of his past.

Local legends and old wife's tales saturate every inch of the ancient ground, full of terrifying, but often marvelously weird creatures and monsters. Pagan in their origin, they've survived to the present day, making their way into contemporary religions and modern standards of living. Vampires, for lack of a better name, thrive in these violent times.

Author: Albist Warbler
ISBN-13: 9798411848243
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 02/03/2022
Pages: 134
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d