Angus MacGrath, artist, sailor and navigator, is lost - caught between a remote wife, a disapproving father and a son seeking guidance. Far from his coastal village in... Læs mere
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 Philbert is born with a disfiguring inflammation of the skull. Abandoned and with only a pet pig for company, he eventually... Læs mere
Central China, 1264. When Mongol armies storm into the Middle Kingdom, the descendents of Yun Cai (Taming Poison Dragons) are trapped in a desperate siege that will determine the fate of... Læs mere
Western China, 1196: Yun Cai, a handsome and adored poet in his youth, is now an old man, exiled to his family estates. All that is left to him are regrets of a growing sense of... Læs mere
Will, a therapist, is plunged into a series of bizarre events after being knocked from his bicycle in a hit-and-run incident. And then along comes Emma, who wants to be his client and... Læs mere
Myrmidon’s lead literary title for 2024 is an epic rendering of China’s Taiping Rebellion and the early years of Californian winemaking, a story of passion, racial bigotry, hope and redemption.
Hou-ming, city of ghosts, central China, 1304 - In a vast graveyard created by Mongol slaughter, three children meet amidst the decaying ruins and forge a friendship that will determine their destinies.