Book description
Spring 2201 - Spring 2203: The T'ang who make up the ruling Seven
are struggling to maintain stasis and prevent change, as the "War
That Wasn't A War" is fought within the levels of Chung Kuo's
great world-spanning City: a war fought not with armies on
battlefields but with an inventive evil - with bombs and betrayals,
brutal assassinations and sly poisonings. Adding to the pressure for
change is the existence of a document that charts the true history of
this world, not the version invented and policed by the Ministry - the
"Thousand Eyes" - who have, for so long, maintained this
dark shadow at the very heart of Chung Kuo. Its discovery by the
Dispersionists will fuel their ardent desire for change and for an end
to Han rule. Lined up against the Dispersionists are a handful of men
utterly loyal to the Seven - men like General Tolonen, along with the
two men he has recruited from the Lowers, Gregor Karr and Kao Chen.
When Tolonen destroys the newly-built generation-starship, The New
Hope, he will change Chung Kuo for good by declaring war on the Dispertionists.
David Wingrove is the Hugo Award-winning co-author (with Brian
Aldiss) of The Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction. He
is also the co-author of the first three MYST books - novelisations of
one of the world's bestselling computer games. He lives in north
London with his wife and four daughters.
