LINKS Chronicle Books (publishers of the Marquez Eco-Thrillers) Independent Bookstores Backspace—The Writers Place NEWS ARTICLES SFGate.com: Freeing China's caged bile bears: Animal activists aim to curtail trade in traditional remedy SFGate.com: State battles lucrative bear bile trade NY Times: Corruption Endangers a Treasure of the Caspian (click on the slide show, too)