The empire is in mortal danger. Hai Rui and his allies bought her time, but now it is spent. Endless war. Mass starvation. Bleak omens. Addled by mercury and aided by sycophants, Emperor Jiajing is squandering the last remnants of the treasury.

Minutes to midnight, Hai Rui is ordered to the capital. He alone is prepared to fight the rot at its source. In the Forbidden City, such bravery cannot go unpunished. It will be down to Hai Rui’s allies – foremost the honourable Crown Prince – to initiate the endgame.

This is it. No more hiding. No more half-measures. Now it is time to rescue the once-mighty Ming, or join in the plunder as it descends in flames to a hell of no return.

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The empire is in mortal danger. Hai Rui and his allies bought her time, but now it is spent. Addled by mercury and aided by sycophants, Emperor Jiajing is squandering the last remnants of the treasury. Now it is time to rescue the once-mighty Ming or join in the plunder as it descends in flames to a hell of no return.

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All Eras Must End.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781910760666
Publisert
2022-05-27
Utgiver
ACA Publishing Limited; Sinoist Books
Vekt
395 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
17 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Oversetter

Om bidragsyterne

Liu Heping is an acclaimed screenwriter, novelist and historian influential for his realist approach to the historical and contemporary transformation of China. His pioneering historical drama, Da Ming Wang Chao 1566, sold nearly a million copies and was later broadcast as a TV series. In 2014, his TV drama All Quiet in Peking gained a cumulative 400 million online views in one month of release. Wen Huang is a Chicago-based writer and translator. His memoir about growing up in Xian in the 1970s, The Little Red Guard, was a Washington Post Best of 2012 pick. He started translating Chinese non-fiction works in 2005, and since then his translations have been published by Pantheon, Harper Collins and Amazon. In 2007, he was the recipient of a PEN Translation Fund Award. His writings have appeared in The Paris Review, Harper’s Magazine, The Asia Literary Review and Words Without Borders.