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It is the harsh Winter of 1841, and the world's pre-eminent superpower governs the most formidable of empires. But, the United Kingdom’s supreme global raider is wildly out of control, rife with greed and bloodletting.
Street urchin Tamesa is a curious and headstrong eleven-year-old who finds the foul sewers of Victorian London as terrifying as the evil that stalks the City's dark alleys.
Li Ying’s disobedience and teenage desire for adventure are about to propel her dangerously into China’s First Opium War with agonising repercussions.
Twenty-four-year-old Tokhi will need all the fearlessness and intelligence to survive the perilous military conflict in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush mountains.
Each is a victim of the insidious East India Company. Yet fate may hand them more than a lifeline, perhaps vengeance too, by way of inexperienced Police Inspector Jago Threepenny, who is endeavouring to solve his first grisly case – if they can each survive their gruelling adventures long enough for their paths to cross.
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About the author
Clive W. Sturgess was born in London and lives on the Downs in Southern England. A lifelong passion for the written word and an interest in absolutely everything led to the decision to leave a senior management position at a global technology corporation. This 40 backs trilogy is his first attempt at trying his hand as a writer. When not writing, he is helping to preserve the natural world.
