The Plain of Jars Trailer

The acting and script are somewhat amateurish in the trailer for N. Lombardi Jr.’s The Plain of Jars, but its dramatically edited photographs of real-world strife in Laos hint that this book may offer its readers genuine insights into the troubled country’s past. When an Ohio widow discovers that the Air Force may be lying about the circumstances of her beloved son’s demise, she journeys to Laos to try and find out the truth. It’s not an especially original premise, but the unique setting and political intrigue could set this book apart from other tales of unexplained deaths and missing loved ones. Hopefully, The Plain of Jars will live up to this trailer’s ambitious promise.

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About N. Lombardi Jr.:

N. Lombardi Jr. has spent over half his life in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, working as a groundwater geologist. He can speak five languages: Swahili, Thai, Lao, Chinese and Khmer.

In 1997, while visiting Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mr. Lombardi witnessed the remnants of a secret war that had been waged for nine years, among which were children wounded from leftover cluster bombs. Driven by what he saw, he worked on The Plain of Jars for the next eight years.

Mr. Lombardi maintains a website with content that spans most aspects of the novel: The Secret War, Laotian culture, Buddhism, etc. The site offers a sample (the first 3 chapters) available for download.

He now lives in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and is working on his second novel, Journey Towards a Falling Sun.