A Restless Peace It is 2206. As Chung Kuo's population continues to swell, the Seven - the ruling T'angs - are forced make further concessions; laws must be relaxed and the House at Weinmar reopened. Change is coming, whether the Seven like it or not. A Secret War The tides of unrest unleashed
An Inch of Ashes
β Scribed by Wingrove, David
- Book ID
- 108082131
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 262 KB
- Series
- Chung Kuo recasting 6
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780857898173
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β¦ Synopsis
The sixth installment of David Wingrove's director's cut of his epic vision of the future
It is 2206. As Chung Kuo's population continues to swell, the Sevenβthe ruling T'angsβare forced to make further concessions, laws must be relaxed and the House at Weinmar reopened. Change is coming, whether the Seven like it or not. The tides of unrest unleashed by earlier wars grow faster even than the population. DeVore secretly allies with newly appointed general, Hans Ebert. It seems that DeVore's plans are coming to fruition. But Ebert has his own schemes and plotsβhe intends to depose the Seven and control the whole of Chung Kuo. Includes more than 30 pages of character listing and Mandarin glossary.
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