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The Deputy glanced down at the white man and then muttered, almost to himself. 'But how did a Westerner travel into Pemako in the first place?'When the Abbot spoke, his voice was thin and resigned. 'It is the end of our monastery. By nightfall I will be dead and our walls will lie shattered. A terrible evil is coming from the forest...'A monastery in Tibet is overrun with Chinese soldiers searching for a sacred relic. The monks flee to seek refuge in hidden caves, but their progress is hampered by an injured stranger, whose presence threatens them all...Jouralist Nancy Kelly receives a parcel containing a mysterious trumpet made of bone, and hears an account of a Westerner penetrating into a hidden kingdom in Tibet, where orchids cover the earth, pagodas hug the hills and soaring cathedrals hide underground.Soon she embarks on a dangerous journey into an ancient land of myth and legend, in search of a secret older than time itself...
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Kingdom, Tom Martin
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- Released
- 2009
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- Title
- Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Tom Martin
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Released
- 2009
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 499
- ISBN10
- 0330452126
- ISBN13
- 9780330452120
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Thriller, Politics, Horror, Action, India, Tibet, Monks, Dalai Lama, Artifacts, Shangri-La
- Original title
- The Kingdom
- Rating
- 3.5 out of 5
- Description
- The Deputy glanced down at the white man and then muttered, almost to himself. 'But how did a Westerner travel into Pemako in the first place?'When the Abbot spoke, his voice was thin and resigned. 'It is the end of our monastery. By nightfall I will be dead and our walls will lie shattered. A terrible evil is coming from the forest...'A monastery in Tibet is overrun with Chinese soldiers searching for a sacred relic. The monks flee to seek refuge in hidden caves, but their progress is hampered by an injured stranger, whose presence threatens them all...Jouralist Nancy Kelly receives a parcel containing a mysterious trumpet made of bone, and hears an account of a Westerner penetrating into a hidden kingdom in Tibet, where orchids cover the earth, pagodas hug the hills and soaring cathedrals hide underground.Soon she embarks on a dangerous journey into an ancient land of myth and legend, in search of a secret older than time itself...