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Loading... Path of the Eclipse (1981)by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This series is about St. Germain, who is a vampire who has lived for centuries, and witnessed many historic events. In this, the 4th book in the series, he falls in love with a warrior princess in 12th Century China, flees heartbreak and Ghengis Khan's Mongol hordes, befriends a child god in the mountain kingdom of Tu Bo Te, and may finally lose his life at the hands of a bloodthirsty Maharani who is a devotee of the goddess of Kali, the goddess of both fertility and destruction. I loved this book! I admit, that when I first was offered this book from Bookcrossing, I accepted with some trepidation, since I am so not into the current vampire craze. However, it was so well-written, and the historical aspect blew me away! The vampirism didn't get in the way of a great story at all, and was only one aspect of a character that was also really well-written. One of my favorite historical subjects is that of the exploration of the Silk Road, which is what caught my interest in the first place. That aspect of the book was extremely satisfying, but there was so much more I enjoyed as well, that I definitely plan to read more in this series! This book was so terrific, that it pulled my out of a New Year's reading slump! The forth novel about the vampire Count De Saint-Germain an his servant Rogerio. In this one he travels through thirteenth-century China, where he battles Genghis Khan and the Mongol hordes. Then through Tibet where he stays a while in a lamasery. The vampire stuff isn't really horrific, but the historically accurate battle stuff is. no reviews | add a review
Belongs to SeriesSaint-Germain Cycle: Chronological Order (China, Tibet, and India (1211-1219)) Belongs to Publisher SeriesScience Fiction Book Club (2838)
The willow bends and does not break, but the wind that blows from the west has a name...and that name is Khan--Jenghiz Khan. It is to the north of ancient China where lies the greatest danger and no one is safe, especially foreigners. The man known to the Chinese people as Shih Ghieh-Man faces the greatest danger. He is an enigma--a man of strength with no perceivable vices. To survive the coming storm, he allies himself with the beautiful T'en Chih-Yu, a woman warrior desperate to save her people from the Mongol horde. But the man who offers his help has another, older name-and a terrible secret. For he is the Count St. Germain...and the greatest gift he can bestow can be bought with blood...or death. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. No library descriptions found. |
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