HOSHUN - Couverture souple

Steadman, Perry P

 
9781466973756: HOSHUN
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1466973757 ISBN 13 : 9781466973756
Editeur : Trafford, 2013

Synopsis

1890 Prince and warrior Mango Noyan strategizes to secure the future for the remnant of his people, Blue Wolf Clan, six-hundred-year-old descendants of those who assisted Genghis and Kublai Khan usurp power over most of the known world. His nomadic group travels the circuit of the Hoshun, their territory, and spends a season at the base of Mount Kula Kangri. This peak is the home to a legend of an ancient flood event leaving evidence of survivors. Mango ascends with the intent to discover the mountain s mysteries and is drawn back down by a premonition of disaster. Finding his world damaged beyond reckoning and wild with grief and anger, he retreats to find refuge and support from the Merchant of Chamdo, a trading ally and friend, to plot revenge. Twenty years later, Cameron Hewitt returns to San Francisco, California, to be enticed by his best friend and import-export entrepreneur, Harry Clayborne, to join an unlikely group. The aim of which is to plan and execute an archeological expedition to Tibet and Kula Kangri, with the hope of finding religious artifacts. The ensuing perilous journey and eventual partnering with Mango lead to unsettling discoveries and events.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

1890—Prince and warrior Mango Noyan strategizes to secure the future for the remnant of his people, Blue Wolf Clan, six-hundred-year-old descendants of those who assisted Genghis and Kublai Khan usurp power over most of the known world. His nomadic group travels the circuit of the Hoshun, their territory, and spends a season at the base of Mount Kula Kangri. This peak is the home to a legend of an ancient flood event leaving evidence of survivors. Mango ascends with the intent to discover the mountain’s mysteries and is drawn back down by a premonition of disaster. Finding his world damaged beyond reckoning and wild with grief and anger, he retreats to find refuge and support from the Merchant of Chamdo, a trading ally and friend, to plot revenge. Twenty years later, Cameron Hewitt returns to San Francisco, California, to be enticed by his best friend and import-export entrepreneur, Harry Clayborne, to join an unlikely group. The aim of which is to plan and execute an archeological expedition to Tibet and Kula Kangri, with the hope of finding religious artifacts. The ensuing perilous journey and eventual partnering with Mango lead to unsettling discoveries and events.

Biographie de l'auteur

Perry Steadman grew up in Nevada and served as a medic in the invasion of Omaha Beach, Normandy. He did mining, was a heavy-equipment mechanic, and upon retirement, built a home and served on the Baker Water and Sewer GID, which supplies water and sewer system to Baker, Nevada.

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Éditeur
Trafford
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1466973757
ISBN 13 
9781466973756
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
400
Coordonnées du fabricant
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ISBN 10 :  1466973765 ISBN 13 :  9781466973763
Editeur : Authorhouse, 2013
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