{"product_id":"rise-of-the-water-margin-a-novel-of-the-near-future-paperback","title":"Rise of the Water Margin: A Novel of the Near Future - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Bates\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFramed, disgraced and on the run, what would China's top cyber-warrior do for revenge? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRise of the Water Margin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eimmerses the reader in a near-future world grounded in American and Chinese cultural and political landscapes bickering over climate responsibility wherein technology challenges humanity to redefine its relationship with the Earth. Nations seek to leverage and subvert technology to further political ambitions while losing sight of human elements beyond their control - lust, corruption, greed, piety, revenge, freedom of expression and longing for acceptance. In the background is the tangled whorl of the \u003ci\u003eJianghu\u003c\/i\u003e - the Rivers and Lakes of China's \u003ci\u003ewuxia\u003c\/i\u003e demimonde- ever seeking to evade the surveillance state, ever seeking justice in an unjust world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChinese People's Liberation Army \u003cb\u003eMajor Lin Chong\u003c\/b\u003e is framed, disgraced, and on the run. Hunted for a trumped-up act of treason and manslaughter, the resourceful leader of China's elite cyber-warfare unit takes refuge at a hacker enclave in one of China's deserted \"ghost cities.\" Devastated by his wife's suicide, he unleashes a cyber-weapon that threatens to draw China and the US into a nuclear war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Mili Parekh\u003c\/b\u003e, the brilliant head of the US National Security Agency's Attribution Division, is tasked to identify the source of the attack. Parekh's technical skills point to China's culpability in the cyber-attack, and to Major Lin himself. Complicating matters for the wheelchair-bound Parekh are nagging doubts about another entity emerging in her analysis-and its possible links to Lin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf literary interest to fans of Asian history and fiction, all of the Chinese characters and their approximate character arcs are based on modernizations of figures within the famous Chinese historical \u003ci\u003ewuxia\u003c\/i\u003e novel written in the 14th century 水滸傳 \u003ci\u003eShuiHuZhuan\u003c\/i\u003e, known in the West under the titles it has been translated: \u003ci\u003eTales of the Water Margin, All Men are Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Outlaws of the Marsh\u003c\/i\u003e. That, however, is only half the story, and seeing them in the 21st century mesh with the technology, weapons and political rivals of a global landscape is one of the delights for the reader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Bates\u003c\/b\u003e has been doing business in China since 1982, is fluent in Mandarin and lived in Asia for over 40 years. His insights have been published in Harvard's Negotiation Journal and his translations of \u003ci\u003ewuxiaxiaoshuo \u003c\/i\u003ein Journal of Asian Martial Art. This is his second novel.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 504\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.12 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 16, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45835728879813,"sku":"9798985777109","price":32.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/3FfoYJWdVn9798985777109.webp?v=1771254119","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/rise-of-the-water-margin-a-novel-of-the-near-future-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}