When one man decides to help his family he is penalized quite harshly. Even though he studied to become a doctor he would never see the light of day to complete his schooling. Because of his actions in trying to hide a family member from harm Duncan McCallum a High Scot, is placed in a prison, be...
When disgraced former inspector, Shan Tao Yun joins a group of reverent Tibetans returning a sacred artefact to its home, it seems he has at last found the peace he has struggled for since leaving prison. What starts as a spiritual pilgrimage, however, quickly turns into a desperate flight throug...
Disgraced former Beijing Inspector Shan Tao Yun has been living in the remote mountains of Tibet since his unofficial release from a work camp. Without status, official identity, or the freedom to return to his former home in Beijing, he's lived with the forbidden lamas for the past year. But now...
BEWARE: One man's bookflap summary is another man's spoiler.My heart is full after reading this book. As with the first book, "Water Touching Stone" succeeds on all levels: character exposition, plot, but especially on meaningful themes, vivid descriptions of the landscape (both natural and man-m...
A couple of months ago I had a cold and was searching the shelves for something that would take my mind off the discomfort, something fast moving and entertaining. Gorky Park, yes, years since I read it, only the vaguest memory of the plot, with Martin Cruz Smith’s smooth and humorous style. It w...
Praise for the Shan series: “Nothing I’ve read or seen about how China has systematically crushed the soul of Tibet has been as effective. . . . A thriller of laudable aspirations and achievements.”—Chicago Tribune “Shan becomes our Don Quixote. . . . Set against a background that is alternately ...
The high brick walls of the foreyard gave little ventilation for the privies that lined one wall. For a moment he thought the men that sat along the other walls had been overpowered by the smell, then he saw that the debility on most of their faces was not physical. He had spent months in a king'...
"I need a quiet cell," she declared as she lifted a long truncheon from a rack by the door. "A special project for the governor. And I do not want to be disturbed in my work." The senior guard, a white-haired survivor, looked up from his gin rummy. "Boone." He uttered Hadrian's name like a curse....
Yates stumbled, landing in a pile of long limbs and ragged hair at Jin’s feet. “This foreigner,” Shan declared, with a furtive glance toward the cartons to make certain they gave no evidence of the hollow inside, “is a smuggler.” He hovered over Yates, as if to prevent his escape. “I have discove...
The major spun about from the window. “You!” he spat. “If it were up to me, I would have you dragged out of Zhongje in irons! This is not your personal playground, Shan! You think you can hide behind some old lady and parade your friends around Longtou!” Shan dropped the image from the hospital s...
“You fool,” she whispered. “You damned fool. You can’t beat Liang.” “I am not going to beat him. I am going to use him. I will not let all of them die in vain. I will not let the poison spread across the border. There has to be an end to it.” “He will kill you if he can.” “Probably not. Too many ...
Duncan dug into the dark water, doing his best to match the strokes of the figure in front of him. He had not at first recognized the woman when she had appeared by the canoe Sagatchie readied. The Oneida maid wore no more calico, only a sleeveless green waistcoat over a long dun-colored shirt an...