The Middle kingdom
by David Wingrove.
- New York, N.Y. : Dell Pub. Co., 1991, c1990.
- xxxvi, 654 p. ; 18 cm.
- Chung kuo ; bk. 1 .
- Wingrove, David. Chung Kuo ; bk. 1. .
Reprint. Originally published by Delacorte Press, New York.
Major characters -- List of characters -- Prologue: Winter 2190-Yin/yang: Yin -- Yang -- Spring 2196-Spring day at the edge of the world: Fire and ice -- Silkworm and the mulberry leaf -- Game of static patterns -- Moon dragon -- Spring 2198-Beneath the yellow springs: Brothers -- Light in the darkness -- Machines of flesh -- Kim's game -- Wuwei -- Spring 2201-Domain: Dead rabbit -- Conversation in the firelight -- Augustus -- Summer 2201-Ice and fire: Saddle -- Casting a spell out of ice -- Scent of plum blossom -- Darkening of the light -- Ice and fire -- Epilogue: Summer 2202/Spring 2203-Mosaics: Bridge over nothingness -- Gift of stones -- Author's note -- Glossary of mandarin terms -- Acknowledgments -- In times to come.
The stunning debut of a new storyteller takes place with a vast epic tale of passions and conflicts, of tyranny and the struggle for freedom in a startling and fascinating alternative world--a future when the Chinese rule the Earth.