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Silk Road

Written by: Colin Falconer
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
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The Holy Land, 1260.

Josseran Sarrazini is chosen to escort the Pope's emissary on an embassy to the all-conquering Mongol horde in an effort to save all Christendom from destruction. But although he serves as a Templar warrior, Josseran is not all that he appears to be - and he despises the Pope's man on sight.   

Now they have to spend nine months in each other's company on the most dangerous and most inhospitable journey on the earth - across the legendary deserts of Persia, through the horrific black hurricanes of the Taklimakan, along the entire spider's web of the Silk Road to Khubilai Khan's legendary capital at Xanadu. When he sets out, Josseran cannot know then that he will never see Christendom again.

Meanwhile, somewhere near the Roof of the World, a Tatar princess possessing a gift for prophecy, defies her father's attempts to marry her off to the sons of other tribal chiefs. She does not belong in her world any more than Josseran belongs in his.

Now fate will bring their paths on a collision course somewhere on the Silk Road and change the course of her life, and Josseran's, forever.

From the Storehouse of Winds to the Palace of Myriad Tranquillities, from the Pamirs and Hindu Kush to the legendary Xanadu and the dazzling court of Khubilai Khan, this is romance and adventure on a breathtaking scale.

Contains mature themes.

©2017 Colin Falconer (P)2018 Tantor

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Silk Road with a few bumps

The story is sweeping. At times too familiar. It would have been more effective to keep the historical figures more arms length in the telling of the story. The reader has a wonderful voice and the narrative portions of the book are perfect. However, the various voices utilized by the reader for the different characters were largely irritating. The characters were distinct in how they were expressed but came across as being caricatures and detracted from both the characters and the telling of the story.

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Sweeping Historical Saga which I couldn’t Put Down

A sweeping historical work following a Templar Knight and Dominican Preist travelling across the Silk Road to places such as Kubla Khan to deliver a message from the Pope.

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