China Fiction

The Affair and Beyond by H. Wilhelm Starkweather is a compelling psychological fiction novel set in the evocative landscapes of Colonial China. This gripping tale explores the intricacies of love, betrayal, and the human psyche, unraveling a complex narrative that delves deep into the hearts and minds of its characters. Step into the world of Kitty and Walter, where secrets are whispered behind closed doors and every relationship is a delicate balance of power and passion. Uncover the forbidden love affair that shakes the very foundation of Kitty's seemingly perfect life. Follow the ...

Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. Married to three brothers in a single ceremony, she and her now-sisters spend their days hard at work in the family’s “china room,” sequestered from contact with the men - except when their domineering mother-in-law, Mai, summons them to a darkened chamber at night. Curious and strong willed, Mehar tries to piece together what Mai doesn’t want her to know.

Long ago, there were many suns in the sky and the world was miserably hot. The people asked the best archer in the land to shoot down many of the suns, leaving one in the sky. The remaining sun was afraid of the archer and hid behind a mountain, leaving the world cold and dark. Soon the people wanted the sun to come back, but it would take curiousity to lure the sun out from hiding.

Shanghai in 1935 is a 20th-century Babylon, an expatriate playground where fortunes are made and lost, where East and West collide, and the stakes include life itself. Into this, Rowland Sinclair arrives from Sydney to represent his brother at international wool negotiations. Rowland is under strict instructions to commit to nothing...but a brutal murder makes that impossible. As suspicion falls on him, Rowland enters a desperate bid to find answers in a city as glitzy as it is dangerous, where tai-pans and tycoons rule, and politics and vice are entwined with commerce.

Balas, bombas, caos, y mucha diversión. Nuevo Thriller. Bob Burke Volumen #5. ¡4.7 Estrellas en 598 Comentarios de Amazon! Un espía chino en Washington que roba los planes de guerra de las fuerzas especiales de EE.UU., un nido de agentes chinos dentro de Fort Bragg, un grupo de trabajo de la marina china que se dirige al Mar del Sur de China para hacer daño, ¡y acaban de disparar a la nueva camioneta de Bob Burke! Se avecinan problemas en el bosque de Sherwood, y no es una taza de té verde. Secuestros, cohetes, espías, batallas navales en alta mar, secretos militares, rifles de ...

When Senator Aulus Aemilius Galba is tapped to lead the first Roman mission to China, he anticipates an easy path to fame and fortune. Gaius Lucullus sees a bright military future, but his reluctant centurion Antonius Aristides would rather be somewhere else. Translators Marcia Lucia and her brother Marcus were taken from their village in China to serve the Han court, abused and despised, hiding a horrible secret.

Although the Great War has ended, the resulting chaos in Germany proves fertile ground for the conspiracies inspired by the Eternal Ones and their allies, the German National Socialists. Having barely survived his contest with Contessa Civita at the conclusion of the “war to end all wars," Colonel Matt List faces a new challenge as the contessa has fled to the other side of the world—China. From her new headquarters in Shanghai, the contessa shatters the millennia-old peace, directing a civil war for domination of the Eternal Ones. With his family thrust into the middle of the war ...

The Duanwu Festival is just around the corner, and Mulan's favorite part is the Dragon Boat Race. Listen along as Mulan's village enters the race for the first time!

From #1 Amazon Bestselling Author Lawrence Colby! Special Agent Leo Rossi takes charge in organizing a gripping manhunt through the streets of Washington, D.C., as one of the Pentagon’s highest-ranking generals disappears without a trace. As the search intensifies, Air Force OSI Special Agent Leo Rossi and new partner FBI Special Agent Marcy Phillips uncover a web of deceit and danger far beyond anyone’s imagination. With the discovery of a deceased female lieutenant near the Drone Technology Office, followed by a cascade of alarming events including the loss of classified information ...

1967: Ye Wenjie witnesses Red Guards beat her father to death during China's Cultural Revolution. This singular event will shape not only the rest of her life but also the future of mankind. Four decades later, Beijing police ask nanotech engineer Wang Miao to infiltrate a secretive cabal of scientists after a spate of inexplicable suicides. Wang's investigation will lead him to a mysterious online game and immerse him in a virtual world ruled by the intractable and unpredictable interaction of its three suns.

Lily is haunted by memories of who she once was, and of a person, long gone, who defined her existence. She has nothing but time now, as she recounts the tale of Snow Flower and asks the gods for forgiveness.

When ex-lawyer and herb-shop proprietor China Bayles’s friend Jo dies of an apparent suicide, China looks behind the quaint façade of her new home of Pecan Springs, Texas, and takes a suspicious look at everyone. And though she finds lots of friendly faces, China is sure that one of them hides the heart of a killer.

For young Peony, betrothed to a suitor she has never met, lyrics from The Peony Pavilion mirror her own longings. In the garden of the Chen Family Villa, amid the scent of ginger, green tea, and jasmine, a small theatrical troupe is performing scenes from this epic opera, a live spectacle few females have ever seen. Like the heroine in the drama, Peony is the cloistered daughter of a wealthy family, trapped like a good-luck cricket in a bamboo-and-lacquer cage.

Published six years before the real-world pandemic became reality, The China Pandemic by A.R. Shaw is a gripping, prescient tale of survival and resilience in a world ravaged by catastrophe. In this haunting post-apocalyptic novel, Graham Morgan finds himself one of the last survivors of a pandemic that wipes out over 98% of humanity.

An internationally best-selling author, Anchee Min draws upon her Chinese heritage to pen lush historical epics. Here she transports listeners to the Far East for a fictionalized account of acclaimed author Pearl Buck’s youth. Arriving in late 19th-century China with her missionary parents, Buck is soon fascinated by her new home and strikes up a friendship with a young Chinese girl named Willow. The two become inseparable, even as civil war, failed relationships, and world conflicts threaten all they hold dear.

China thought it would be a quick war, an easy war. But now, years later, as the insurgency on the streets of Los Angeles escalates but the propaganda never changes, a Chinese officer can’t keep silent any longer. Torn between loyalty to his country and loyalty to his troops, he writes a brutally honest—and possibly suicidal—letter home to unmask the truth. Brooks combines his signature meticulous research with unforgettable characters in this landmark work of speculative fiction.

The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon, by prize-winning Chinese novelist Liu Zhenyun, is a novel of Beijing that paints a microcosm of contemporary China, dealing with classes at the two extremes: the super rich and the migrant workers who make them rich through deceit and corruption. The protagonist, Liu Yuejin, is a worksite cook and small-time thief whose bag is stolen. In searching for it, he stumbles upon another bag, which contains a flash disk that chronicles high-level corruption.

In the Jin capital of Zhongdu, Guo Jing learns the truth of his father’s death and finds he is now betrothed, against his will, to two women. Neither of them is his sweetheart Lotus Huang. Torn between following his heart and fulfilling his filial duty, Guo Jing journeys through the country of his parents with Lotus, encountering mysterious martial heroes and becoming drawn into the struggle for the supreme martial text, the Nine Yin Manual. But his past is catching up with him.

China Bayles's herb shop in Pecan Springs wasn't a big business, but it kept her busy. So she brought her taxes to Rosemary Robbins, an accountant who reminded China a bit of her former self—preoccupied, distracted, maybe a bit overstressed. Still, Rosemary always seemed pleasant, and China wished she could get to know her better. Now, though, the chance is gone.

Sam and Remi Fargo return for the thrilling third adventure in the acclaimed new series. In Spartan Gold and Lost Empire, Clive Cussler brought readers into the world of husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo, whose passion and instinct for treasure-hunting has led to extraordinary discoveries-and perilous journeys. Their next adventure, however, might be their most astonishing yet.