The Gourd of Fortune

<p>When Marco buys a dusty antique gourd from a small-town shop he never expects it to change his life. A single drop of blood awakens the vessel's hidden magic-water that revives plants strengthens animals and produces vegetables with impossible flavor.</p><p>With his family farm on the brink Marco begins using the gourd in secret. Soon chefs and collectors are clamoring for his produce income flows steadily and a tender romance blossoms with Lena a local chef who believes in his vision.</p><p>But miracles have a cost. The more Marco relies on the gourd the more unsettling its effects become-overcharged plants restless fish and whispers of imbalance in the land. Worse still his success draws the eye of Mr. Cheng a ruthless rival determined to seize everything Marco has built.</p><p>A story of family love and the hidden price of power The Gourd of Fortune is magical realism at its most human.</p><p> </p>