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When the novel opens, Michael Powers, schizophrenic protagonist (and narrator) of the first two novels of the series, has been institutionalized and is undergoing treatment by two psychiatrists. While the psychiatrists unsuccessfully try a variety of treatments, Powers projects his delusions and hallucinations onto them by engaging in complex mind games laden with emotional and psychological manipulations (spurred on by the insidious voices in...

When the novel opens, Michael Powers, schizophrenic protagonist (and narrator) of the first two novels of the series, has been institutionalized and is undergoing treatment by two psychiatrists. While the psychiatrists unsuccessfully try a variety of treatments, Powers projects his delusions and hallucinations onto them by engaging in complex mind games laden with emotional and psychological manipulations (spurred on by the insidious voices in...

When the novel opens, Michael Powers, schizophrenic protagonist (and narrator) of the first two novels of the series, has been institutionalized and is undergoing treatment by two psychiatrists. While the psychiatrists unsuccessfully try a variety of treatments, Powers projects his delusions and hallucinations onto them by engaging in complex mind games laden with emotional and psychological manipulations (spurred on by the insidious voices in...

It is war-torn China in the 1930s. Nationalist forces, communist rebels and the invading Japanese army are seemingly everywhere. Amidst this backdrop, a group of pilgrims, accompanied by a schizophrenic American Named John Powers, search for a mysterious female known as Her. They bring with them a golden statue, the Precious Object, within which something is tapping undecipherable messages. As the travelers try to somehow survive, John hears v...

It is war-torn China in the 1930s. Nationalist forces, communist rebels and the invading Japanese army are seemingly everywhere. Amidst this backdrop, a group of pilgrims, accompanied by a schizophrenic American named John Powers, search for a mysterious female known as Her. They bring with them a golden statue, the Precious Object, within which something is tapping undecipherable messages. As the travelers try to somehow survive, John hears v...

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It is war-torn China in the 1930s. Nationalist forces, communist rebels and the invading Japanese army are seemingly everywhere. Amidst this backdrop, a group of pilgrims, accompanied by a schizophrenic American Named John Powers, search for a mysterious female known as Her. They bring with them a golden statue, the Precious Object, within which something is tapping undecipherable messages. As the travelers try to somehow survive, John hears v...

What if. . . . Greeks and Trojans reimagined in Vietnam, women as unspoken victims-and unsung heroes-of war, all of humanity as inherently schizophrenic? These are some of the fascinating ideas raised by this remarkable first novel. ~ Trapped in an abandoned French fortress during the Vietnam War, a group of American soldiers, their two female prisoners, and a nearby village of women are thrown together by a besieging enemy, a gold statue, and...

What if. . . . Greeks and Trojans reimagined in Vietnam, women as unspoken victims--and unsung heroes--of war, all of humanity as inherently schizophrenic? These are some of the fascinating ideas raised by this remarkable first novel. Trapped in an abandoned French fortress during the Vietnam War, a group of American soldiers, their two female prisoners, and a nearby village of women are thrown together by a besieging enemy, a gold statue, and...

What if. . . . Greeks and Trojans reimagined in Vietnam, women as unspoken victims--and unsung heroes--of war, all of humanity as inherently schizophrenic? These are some of the fascinating ideas raised by this remarkable first novel. Trapped in an abandoned French fortress during the Vietnam War, a group of American soldiers, their two female prisoners, and a nearby village of women are thrown together by a besieging enemy, a gold statue, and...