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Название книги: The Master Of Rain
Автор(ы): Tom Bradby
Жанр: Триллер
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/The-Master-Of-Rain-192648.html
© 2002
To Claudia, Jack, Louisa, and Sam.And Mum and Dad.Thanks to Mark Lucas, the world’s greatest agent; Bill Scott-Kerr and Jason Kaufman,a supportive, clever, and extremely insightful editorial team;and, most of all, to Claudia, my inspirational wife. Shanghai1926ACCORDING TO CHINESE LEGEND,AFFAIRS IN THE “OTHER WORLD”ARE MANAGED BY BUREAUS OR MINISTRIES.THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OF THESE ISTHE MINISTRY OF THUNDER AND STORM,PRESIDED OVER BY THE MASTER OF RAIN.IN THE CLOSE, INTENSE HEATOF THE SHANGHAI SUMMER,THE MASTER OF RAIN STANDS ABOVETHE DARK CLOUDS THAT HANG OVER THE CITY,BROODING UPON ITS FATE. THE RAIN IS IN HIS GIFT,AND THUS HE CONTROLS THE FERTILITY OF THE LANDAND THE PROSPERITY OF ITS INHABITANTS.HE IS AN OMNIPOTENT AND CAPRICIOUSBENEFACTOR-OR TORMENTOR.
One
Field felt like a lobster being brought slowly to the boil. For a moment he closed his eyes against the heat and the humidity and the still, heavy air. Only the clatter of typewriters hinted at energy and motion.He wiped the sweat from his foreh
Название книги: The Master Of Rain
Автор(ы): Tom Bradby
Жанр: Триллер
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/The-Master-Of-Rain-192648.html
© 2002
To Claudia, Jack, Louisa, and Sam.And Mum and Dad.Thanks to Mark Lucas, the world’s greatest agent; Bill Scott-Kerr and Jason Kaufman,a supportive, clever, and extremely insightful editorial team;and, most of all, to Claudia, my inspirational wife. Shanghai1926ACCORDING TO CHINESE LEGEND,AFFAIRS IN THE “OTHER WORLD”ARE MANAGED BY BUREAUS OR MINISTRIES.THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OF THESE ISTHE MINISTRY OF THUNDER AND STORM,PRESIDED OVER BY THE MASTER OF RAIN.IN THE CLOSE, INTENSE HEATOF THE SHANGHAI SUMMER,THE MASTER OF RAIN STANDS ABOVETHE DARK CLOUDS THAT HANG OVER THE CITY,BROODING UPON ITS FATE. THE RAIN IS IN HIS GIFT,AND THUS HE CONTROLS THE FERTILITY OF THE LANDAND THE PROSPERITY OF ITS INHABITANTS.HE IS AN OMNIPOTENT AND CAPRICIOUSBENEFACTOR-OR TORMENTOR.
One
Field felt like a lobster being brought slowly to the boil. For a moment he closed his eyes against the heat and the humidity and the still, heavy air. Only the clatter of typewriters hinted at energy and motion.He wiped the sweat from his foreh
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