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Asian Saga: Book 2
Tai-Pan
by James Clavell
Dirk Straun, a pirate, smuggler, and ruthless individual, finds glory beyond his dreams as the Tai-Pan, or supreme leader, of Hong Kong. Reissue.
Asian Saga: Book 3
Gai-Jin
by James Clavell
In the Japan of the 1860s, Malcolm Struan, the heir to the title of Tai-Pan within the Nobel House, meets a young French woman who will alter his destiny and the entire family legacy. Reprint. NYT. PW.
Asian Saga: Book 6
Whirlwind
by James Clavell
"Whirlwind" is the story of three weeks in Tehran in February 1979: three weeks of fanaticism, passion, self-sacrifice and heartbreak. Caught between the revolutionaries and the forces of international intrigue is a team of professional pilots. They are ordered to flee to safety with their helicopters. Two of them, both Europeans, have Iranian wives whom they love beyond safety and politics.
Asian Saga: Book 5
Noble House
by James Clavell
Under the eyes of the KGB, the CIA, and the People's Republic of China, British and American businessmen maneuver for control of Hong Kong's oldest trading house. Reissue.
Asian Saga: Book 1
Shogun
by James Clavell
An explorer in seventeenth-century Japan, ambitious Englishman Blackthorne encounters the powerful and power-hungry Lord Toranaga and Catholic convert Lady Mariko. Reissue.