About the Author:

Like many Scots before him, Clark was eager to see the world. He studied International Politics with a focus on East Asia before spending half his life working there as a Broadcast Journalist, Documentary maker, and International News Desk Editor. It was the perfect sector for someone fascinated by the region’s history and culture, allowing him to visit many countries, learn about how people lived, and absorb useful fragments of languages. Of all the stories he had the privilege of covering, the economic, political, and social upheaval caused by fallout from the late-90s Asian Financial Crisis made the Perfect canvas for The Noah Principle as it vividly demonstrated the usually veiled issue of ethnic discord in South East Asia. For Indonesia, this dark period culminated in the painful birth pangs of the nation’s current Reformasi period with its more open and vibrant democracy that allows Chinese Indonesians to celebrate a culture that was forcibly stifled by Suharto’s 30-year rule. Economic cycles come and go and a decade later, the world was confronted by the 2007-08 International Financial Crisis. Economic mismanagement, cultural bias and racial discord still tragically undermine humanity’s progress, but real lessons should have been, and still could be, gleaned from Indonesia’s under-examined experience. History does provide valuable lessons but we have to want to look for them.

The Noah Principle:

Geopolitical intrigue, brutal riots, murder, mystery, and corruption - The Noah Principle intricately fuses a real-time depiction of the ruinous 1997-98 Asian Financial Crisis with a carefully crafted literary thriller examining ethnic discord in South-East Asia.

Two young expats unwittingly compromise their future.
A wealthy financier seeks to conceal the sins of his past.
Economic chaos drags Indonesia to the brink of another self-destructive rebirth.

Cain and Charlie work at the Temple-Speer Financial Advisory in Jakarta. Their friendship is strained in a deadly battle of wits between their bosses, but it's tested to the limit trying to survive the chaos erupting all over the city.