River Of Smoke: Book 2 Of The Ibis Trilogy

On the grand scale of a historical epic, River of Smoke follows its storm-tossed characters to the crowded harbours of China. There, Bahram Modi, a wealthy Parsi opium merchant out of Bombay; his estranged half-Chinese son, Ah Fatt; the orphaned Paulette; and a motley collection of others whose pursuit of romance, riches, and a legendary rare flower are thrown together. All struggle to cope with their losses—and for some, unimaginable freedom—in the alleys and crowded waterways of nineteenth-century Canton. As transporting and mesmerizing as an opiate-induced dream, River of Smoke will soon be heralded as a masterpiece of twenty-first-century literature.