The House of Green Waters - Southern Swallow Book IV (The

The House of Green Waters - Southern Swallow Book IV (The Southern Swallow 4)

â€œExile is a state best experienced to understand. To spend thirteen years in a fly-infested wetland, slogging through jungle streams and unfurled on deserted beaches - to be blown hither and thither by storms and falling palms, is a lesson no book can teach. Still, I, Kâ€™u Ko-ling, had lived so long to tell of the fire, which heats the back until noodles could be tossed on it and stew made from the sweat.â€ Thus begins the sweeping fourth installment of The Southern Swallow Series - a tapestry of historical adventure and intrigue set in 12th Century China. While Li Kâ€™ai-men and his companions are in exile on a tropical island in the south, the political world explodes as a mad prince invades the Sung Empire. Itâ€™s a time for heroes and riveting warfare, including the first recorded battle in history to deploy poisonous gas as a weapon.

Book IV of the Southern Swallow series â€“ The House of Green Waters, like its predecessors (The Academician, The Nan Tu and Swan Cloud) is told by K'u Ko-ling, servant to the exiled-Grand Tutor, Li K'ai-men. It depicts the harsh life on Hai-nan Island and the progress of family â€“ fathers and sons from Emperor, to officials, to commoners. The roots of modernity stir within the soul of the daily life of Sung China and nowhere greater is it witnessed than in the fabric of this tale.

The Southern Swallow Series:

The Academician
The Nan Tu
Swan Cloud
The House of Green Waters
Vagrants Hallow

Related series - The Jade Owl Legacy

The Jade Owl
The Third Peregrination
The Dragon's Pool
The People's Treasure
In the Shadow of Her Hem
Country USA
Author Edward C Patterson
Binding Kindle Edition
Format Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages 554
PublicationDate 2014-01-16
ReleaseDate 2014-01-16

Country	USA
Author	Edward C Patterson
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages	554
PublicationDate	2014-01-16
ReleaseDate	2014-01-16

The House of Green Waters - Southern Swallow Book IV (The Southern Swallow 4)

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