In an earlier time, Shan Tao Yun was an Inspector
stationed in Beijing. But he lost his position, his family
and his freedom when he ran afoul of a powerful
figure high in the Chinese government. Released
unofficially from the work camp to which he'd been
sentenced, Shan has been living in remote mountains
of Tibet with a group of outlawed Buddhist monks.
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Aboard a British convict ship bound for the new world,
exiled clan chief Duncan McCallum witnesses a bizarre
series of murders and suicides among his fellow
Highland scot prisoners. compelled by the masters of
his prison company to resolve the crimes while
remaining a prisoner, Duncan soon makes a fearful
discovery.
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- Carl Lennertz of Book Sense announces the compilation of a Best Reading Group Books of All Time 76 list. The #1 mystery is: Water Touching Stone, by Eliot Pattison
- Borders Books
honors the title
with an "Original
Voices" selection
- Barnes and Noble
"Discover New Writers"
selection
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