A. H. Wang

Diminutive Professor Georgia Lee returns from her last hazardous asian archeological adventure searching for the “elixir of Life” to pursue the mysterious artefacts of the great warrior and leader Ghengis (Chingis) Khan. Of particular interest is his tomb and an original copy of the “Secret History of the Mongols.”'The book written in Mongolian marks the transition of the Mongolian Empire from an oral to a written tradition. The book may contain valuable insights of particular interest to world powers. Ghengis was a masturfull tactician and the Mongols went as far as Russia in their conquests. Translations into Chinese have been redacted and only the personal details of the great leader are inluded. Both the tomb and the book are carefully guarded secrets which secret agentswoud like to obtain at any cost. Thus the novel opens with a bang and moves swiftly with armed conflict, murder, deception and violence and a hint of lustful sensousness. The author has done her homework and the historical facts and descriptions carefully match the Mongolian landscape and customs, except of course, where she develops her exciting fictional backdrop. Does she find the tomb? Yes. But you will lhave to read whom she meets and what she finds. You won’t be disappointed.… (mehr)