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China, 1860. For ten years a bizarre Christian cult – the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom – has been locked in bloody rebellion against China’s emperor. Millions have died. When the Taipings march on Shanghai, Mark Falchion will stand alongside the city’s desperately outnumbered defenders. But among the Taiping ranks are Mark’s true love, a beautiful woman archer, and his nemesis, a cruel and vengeful Taiping warrior.
And the Taipings are not Mark Falchion’s only enemy. Also pitted against him are corrupt foreign businessmen, gun runners, and European powers determined to reap political advantage from the chaos.
In ‘The Barbarian Manchu’ Mark Falchion must tread a dangerous path to navigate through the challenges facing him.