epub |eng | 2022-11-01 | Author:Michael X. Wang

Chapter 41 My grandfather once told me that being lost with no one to see your face or hear your voice was a thousand times worse than being ridiculed even ...

epub |eng | 2022-12-01 | Author:Matthew Waite

Chapter Twenty As the ship carrying my opium left the wharf with my new nemeses, Heineken, and Takagi, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I’d been violently belligerent all ...

epub |eng | 2019-12-15 | Author:Sianna Lah [Lah, Sianna]

Chapter 12 Heaven Has No Heart My work phone rings at exactly one minute past six, and I know that it’s Biao Ge. The time difference between Portland and Taipei ...

epub |eng | 2020-04-02 | Author:Roger Crossland

CHAPTER NINETEEN Shanghai, Hongkou District, August 1913 The US General Consulate building was an impressive ornament to the US concession. It was a brownstone, multi-arched building, albeit hardly as majestic ...

epub |eng | 2019-05-16 | Author:Jerry Gerrish [Gerrish, Jerry]

Chapter 30 “I received some news from the archeological dig near El Rosario, Colonel Geraldo.” “Well what is it Captain Gomez?” “A squad of our rangers paid a visit to ...

epub |eng | 2019-07-30 | Author:Matthew Legare [Legare, Matthew]

***** A harsh, jangling sound stirred Tom awake. He groaned and rubbed his head, still sore but no longer throbbing. Sunlight leaked through the narrow window, illuminating the jail cell. ...

epub |eng | 2012-04-15 | Author:T. P. M. Thorne

************* 75 Ma Chao’s newest northern expeditions into Liang Province, meanwhile, ended in another crushing defeat. Upon his return to Hanzhong, he was not met with pleasantries, but with suspicion, ...

epub |eng | | Author:Barbara Hannay

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE ‘The crazy thing was that I didn’t see it coming.’ It was nearly midnight. Mitch and Flora had moved inside again and Flora was drinking hot chocolate. Conversation ...

epub |eng | 2021-05-11 | Author:Edward Rutherfurd [Rutherfurd, Edward]

* * * — The next day, dusk had fallen when I reached the street the eunuch had told me about and asked for Mr. Chen the merchant. This hutong, ...

epub |eng | 2020-04-14 | Author:Alice Poon

FOURTEEN After reading Fo’s will for a second time, I stared into the space before me, my thoughts whirling and wheeling. There was such a lot to be done. Finding ...

epub |eng | 2017-10-10 | Author:Mario Miclat [Miclat, Mario I.]

December 13—18, 1971 Mommy: I caught your son reading Playboy! Daddy: Impossible! He’s only seven. How could he have gotten a copy? Little Boy: From under your bed, Dad. I ...

epub |eng | | Author:Christopher Ride [Christopher Ride]

STEPPING INTO THE elevator, Wilson pressed the twelfth-floor button and waited for the doors to close. He didn't look at his reflection in the mirrored walls because he didn't want ...

epub |eng | | Author:Grea Alexander

CHAPTER 40 Xiou Palace. Manchuria. The Scroll. --- I can not say for how long I lay there but when I awoke, dust was swirling around me in the sunlight. ...

epub |eng | 2013-11-22 | Author:L. Ron Hubbard

Chapter Four I waited to see no more. A firing squad was once again beckoning with a bony finger. Before those others could swarm out of their truck, I began ...

epub |eng | 2020-11-14 | Author:John Triptych [Triptych, John]

Chapter 28 THE MOMENT I TURNED my head, I ended up locking eyes with Justin Berdine. Dressed in a shiny black tuxedo, he stood just a few feet behind me. ...