Venom: Gripping historical fiction based on real events (Epic Adventure)

Michel is born in a pauper's hospital in Saigon in 1946 during a tropical storm and grows up on the streets as bui doi—the dust of life. He survives through cunning and violence, harboring resentment for every blow, abandonment, and betrayal he experiences, and vows revenge. Valentine, the privileged daughter of a diplomat, has lived a sheltered life far away. When her buried past resurfaces, it puts her on a collision course with Michel, who has become brilliant, magnetic, and lethal—a chameleon moving between worlds. As Valentine falls under his spell, obsession becomes destiny, and the line between justice and revenge blurs. The story spans from the war-torn streets of Saigon to the shadowed alleyways of Varanasi, following themes of trauma, vengeance, and obsessive love, culminating in a final twist.