A Simple Act of Piety

by Achmed Abdullah, Joshua Zyelinske

What would YOU do to save your honor?When Señora Garcia watched Yung Long give Fanny the expensive bracelet in the dark corner of her store, scandal, and gossip crowded her mind. The type of gossip that could destroy Yung Long and Fanny’s husband, Nag Hong.After a drug-induced moment of clarity and bound by a sense of cultural duty, Nag Hong must do whatever it takes to save his honor, even if the price is blood!

54 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 26, 2008

About the author

Achmed Abdullah, a pseudonym of Alexander Nicholayevitch Romanoff, was born of a Russian Orthodox father and a Muslim mother. He was raised in Britain and educated at Eton and Oxford. He served in the British Army in France, China and India. He is most noted for his pulp stories of crime, mystery and adventure. He wrote screenplays for some successful films. He was the author of the progressive Siamese drama Chang, an Academy Award nominated film made in 1927. He earned an Academy Award nomination for collaborating on the screenplay to the 1935 film The Lives of a Bengal Lancer.

Reviews

[Danu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love can lie?

[Quirkyreader · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a forgotten story story by a Russian writer using a pseudonym. And this story has a little twist to it.