Non bread is the traditional accompaniment to any Central Asian meal. Known for their large disc shape and depressed center, these bread rounds are…

Hospitality was vital to the transport of goods throughout the history of the Silk Road. Weary merchants, having travelled hundreds of miles, relied on…

Imagine a caravan of merchants and camels slogging hundreds of miles across the desert and steppe. They’ve taken great risk hauling expensive goods like…

Samarkand. Pearl of the East. City of Famous Shadows. Like Timbuktu and Kathmandu, the name Samarkand evokes a sense of grandeur and danger, of…

“To follow the Silk Road is to follow a ghost. It flows through the heart of Asia but it has officially vanished, leaving behind…

After nine years, countless drafts, and much weeping and gnashing of teeth, I’ve finished writing the first book in the Silk Road series. It’s…