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Rising Dragon
Atria / 37 INK
May 2017
On Sale: May 2, 2017
352 pages
ISBN: 1476793670
EAN: 9781476793672
Kindle: B01HMXUZ2U
Hardcover / e-Book
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Internationally bestselling author Jan-Philipp Sendker’s
Whispering Shadows was “a darkly beautiful,
heart-wrenching” (Booklist, starred review) journey
through bustling Hong Kong’s sinister underbelly. The
captivating second book in the high-stakes Rising Dragon
series plunges us deeper into the dangerous heart of Chinese
politics. Brooding expat and journalist Paul Leibovitz is beginning to
imagine a new life for himself in Hong Kong, one in which
the grief over a recent family tragedy doesn’t consume him
and his love for Christine Wu brings him great joy. When
Christine gets an unexpected and emotionally-charged letter
from her estranged brother, Paul journeys with her to a
remote village outside of Shanghai, where a mysterious
illness is affecting the locals. Paul discovers a powerful chemical conglomerate is polluting
a nearby lake, and Chinese officials are doing nothing to
stop it. The victims demand justice, but taking legal action
could prove even more dangerous than the strange disease
itself. Government intimidation and political corruption
threaten to suppress even the most passionate and audacious
environmental activists. If Paul doesn’t walk away, he could
pull the woman he loves reluctantly back into a world she
escaped from decades ago—putting their relationship and
their lives at risk. Suspenseful and rife with the page-turning storytelling that
defines Sendker’s remarkable work and harkens back to The
Art of Hearing Heartbeats, The Language of Solitude
offers a peerless look into contemporary China.
Rising Dragon
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