Bøger af Stuart Cotterill

In the Hunan Province of China, Professor George Mathers and his wife make an incredible discovery on Tianmen Mountain: artifacts that have survived centuries of rebellion and revolution. Could they alone substantiate the truth in many of China's deep-rooted myths? Back at their lab in Beijing, the couple and their research team work to decipher ancient writing on the objects, but their find becomes known to both Chinese and American authorities, plunging them into a complex web of intrigue.

Professor George Mathers and his wife, Xiao Ping, continue their efforts to resolve the mystery of Ma Jun's legacy. Their earlier discovery of ancient writings and relics on Tianmen Mountain in Hunan Province leads them into an adventure their academic training never prepared them for. After a second foray on the sacred mountain, the couple returns to Beijing. There they are catapulted into a series of events that changes everything. New dangers, driven by treachery and greed, surround them. Lives are put at risk, and lost, as the authorities wage war against an international crime ring. Their mission: to recover China's stolen inheritance from the time of the dragons.

Lucy Summers lives in small town America. Her early prospects of a career away from Blowing Rock, North Carolina, ended when her adoptive mother fell seriously ill. Married to a troubled former Marine, Lucy's life is further complicated by her father's depression and lack of will to live following his wife's death. After regretfully placing her father in a nursing home, she makes a startling discovery in his office that leads her to question the father she knows; it also sheds light on the real reason for his illness. As she searches for answers her marriage begins to unravel, and a former lover in China becomes central to her quest for the truth about her father. Two families in China soon take center stage, and secrets are revealed involving a murder during the days when China opened to the West. Lucy's struggle to confront her father about his past is her only hope of saving him; however, as the painful truth begins to emerge she is faced with a tragic loss. Ultimately, Lucy discovers that her father is more sinister than she ever imagined, and that her own identity is far from what she was led to believe.