K.M. Kaung, a political economist with an Ivy League degree, was traveling in Thailand in 2002, when a former colleague told her that his ancestor had not been killed when the Burmese invaded Ayuthia in 1767. From this single factoid, Ms. Kaung reconstructs a humble villager's journey, Saman's, from serving in the Ayuthia Court to the life of a prisoner of war in Burma. In a small village near Ava, Saman's descendants and those of the Siamese Fig Flower King still live, still awaiting your visit.About the Author: Dr. Kyi May Kaung has published widely--writing short stories, novels, plays, screenplays, poetry and political and literary commentary. This is her third novella published on Amazon. Her work has also appeared in Wild River Review, The Northern Virginia Review, in the Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine and has been anthologized in Gravity Dancers: D.C. Women Writers, edited by Richard Peabody.