Category: Historical Fiction Publisher: Twilight Times Books
ISBN-10: 1933353465
Type: Fiction
Pages: 259
Copyright: April 2008
1581: Franciscan Fray Agustin Rodriguez leads an expedition to evangelize the Pueblo Indians of the Rio Grande. He persuades Poli, a widowed Pueblo woman, to be their guide, but Captain Chamuscado takes charge, makes prisoners of the Franciscans, and begins to seek gold. Conflicts and passions explode: love and faith oppose anger, brutality, hatred, lust, greed and ambition, with tragic results.
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What was that? Footsteps behind her? Still trotting, she twisted about only to collide with something in front. A man! Rough arms encircled her before she could react, and her senses were assaulted by strange odors. He reeked of stale sweat and something smoky sweet.
She pushed against his chest, but he held her tight, his eyes locked with hers. The slanting moonlight illuminated one side of his face, shining on his eyes. Otherworldly eyes. Could it be? Shining through them! The irises seemed transparent, like water, and the face was like none she'd evertr imagined, not even in wild dreams.
Then everything went black.
Fourth Book in the Southern Swallow Series finds the Academician Li K'ai-men in exile on Hai-nan Island. China has a new invasion threat. A showdown between ingenuity and technology explodes as the Sung Dynasty tries to preserve itself.
Shanghai Escapist grabs the faint-of-heart right from the get-go and serves up an ultimatum: What would you do if caught in the same circumstances? From the opening scene, the reader is tossed into the maze of daily intrigue as it existed in 1960s-70
