rcheydn books
Thursday, 8 September 2016
Saturday, 30 July 2016
The Jade Buddha
It is Hong Kong in the nineteen eighties.
The British Crown Colony is on the verge of reverting to Chinese rule. Life is hectic but tentative; there are fears for the future.
The British Crown Colony is on the verge of reverting to Chinese rule. Life is hectic but tentative; there are fears for the future.
The
governments of Hong Kong and the United Kingdom are doing all they can
to calm local nerves while at the same time pressing Beijing’s rulers to
the north for assurances that the rule of law will be maintained.
Beneath
the surface other forces are at work; criminal forces dating back
centuries but still very much alive. There is a triad war, a war where
the winner
will amass great power.
Some triad
gangs are opportunistic small time pimps and extortionists. Others are
extremely well organised and control exceptionally high-value narcotics
and other illicit business interests. And
they are notoriously brutal to their enemies.
The
agencies of law enforcement are involved not just in Hong Kong but
across the globe. So too is Simon Garrett; unintentionally but
intimately involved. Where not only his
life is at stake but others who are dear to him. Their futures are
being controlled by a shadowy gangster who will stop at nothing to get
what he wants; a green jade Buddha of immense symbolic power.
The Shī fu.
Friday, 29 July 2016
TheGoodReadWipe
TheGoodReadWipe (http://amzn.to/12jKboD) – TheGoodReadWipe
purports to be a brief history of LIT-TISSUE.
Fred Nurk came up with the idea of printing books on toilet paper. It
was a massive success – but unfortunately there was an equally massive
downside to the venture. Of course it is fiction but maybe someone will
try it.
The Feathers
The
Feathers (http://amzn.to/199AsSM)–A serial killer known as The Feathers
is terrorizing London – but not the normal serial killer (if there is
such an animal). This murderer is experimenting
– just how long can he control his victims, torturing them in the most
unusual way, before they die? He is getting better with the feathers
each time – but that does not mean he will stop. Detective Inspector
David Maguire and his partner are on
the trail of the killer but it is a trail that has baffled them from
the start – what is the killer trying to prove? What is his aim? At the
same time investigative reporter Zach Tighe is following the story
closely – perhaps a little too closely
– and is proving to be far from helpful.
Keepers of The Deep
Keepers of The Deep (http://amzn.to/YzM0xg)
– Nikko is happily playing in the backyard of his home when a giant
bird swoops down and clasps him firmly
in its talons and soars back into the sky leaving his mother
desperately crying behind. And so begins an incredible adventure for
Nikko in a fantastical land where the Leaf Children live in trees with
magical musical leaves, where the Drongs wage wars against
them, where the beautiful Gabrysia is captured, and where Nikko and his
new friends must go to the Dead Place in a bid to rescue her. Keepers of The Deep is a story of wonder, of friendship, of trust.
The Catskinner
The Catskinner (http://amzn.to/15VN1Vn
) – A political event that had one of the world's most important but
fragile territories facing
a threat from within that could upset the balance of power around the
globe. Set in Hong Kong during the time of the tense negotiations for
the reversion of the territory's sovereignty from Britain to China in
the 1980s, The Catskinner accurately
portrays the anxiety of the people, the intrigue behind the political
manoeuvrings, the vibrancy and splendour of one of the world's great
cities. It is also a pulsating thriller involving a killer bent on
setting in train a series of devastating events that
threaten to shift the path of Hong Kong history forever, challenging
regional and world security - awakening the beast in the dragon - and a
newspaper reporter who stumbles on the story - and then finds himself
not just reporting it but becoming a deadly part
of it.
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