Издания и произведения

Воды великой реки Янцзы выносят на берег изуродованный труп американского археолога, и Лю Хулань, инспектор Министерств общественной безопасности, отправляется расследовать эту подозрительную смерть - или убийство? - в живописный район Трех ущелий. Вместе с Хулань едет ее муж, адвокат Дэвид Старк: ему поручено выяснить, кто украл загадочную реликвию с раскопок, но еще Дэвид надеется пробить стену отчужденности, которой окружила себя жена после смерти их маленькой дочери. Здесь, на землях древнего царства Ба, Дэвиду и Хулань предстоит сразиться не только с внешними врагами, но и с внутренними демонами, чтобы доказать свое право на любовь.

In a magnificent land where myth mixes treacherously with truth, one woman is in charge of telling them apart. Liu Hulan is the Inspector in China’s Ministry of Public Security whose tough style rousts wrongdoers and rubs her superiors the wrong way. Now her latest case finds her trapped between her country’s distant past and her own recent history. The case starts at a rally for a controversial cult that ends suddenly in bloodshed, and leads to the apparent murder of an American archaeologist, which officials want to keep quiet. And haunting Hulan’s investigation is the possible theft of ancient dragon bones that might alter the history…

When the body of an American archaeologist is found floating in the Yangzi River, Ministry of Public Security agent Liu Hulan and her husband, American attorney David Stark, are dispatched to Site 518 to investigate. As Hulan scrutinizes this death—or is it a murder?—David, on behalf of the National Relics Bureau, tries to discover who has stolen from the site an artifact that may prove to the world China’s claim that it is the oldest uninterrupted civilization on earth. This artifact is not only an object of great monetary value but one that is emblematic of the very soul of China. Everyone—from the Chinese government, to a religious cult,…

When the body of an American archaeologist is found floating in the Yangzi River, Ministry of Public Security agent Liu Hulan and her husband, American attorney David Stark, are dispatched to Site 518 to investigate. As Hulan scrutinizes this death—or is it a murder?—David, on behalf of the National Relics Bureau, tries to discover who has stolen from the site an artifact that may prove to the world China’s claim that it is the oldest uninterrupted civilization on earth. This artifact is not only an object of great monetary value but one that is emblematic of the very soul of China. Everyone—from the Chinese government, to a religious cult,…