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Wideranging study of chinas reemergence as a regional power in asia after a long hiatus, thwarting the designs of other powers, including the united states and russia. Shunned from the plain life she once knew, katherine finds solace in volunteer work with hospice patientsa labor of love she hopes will bring honor to the memory of her birth. East and south asia have been more prone to wars over sovereignty issues than any other region in the world since world war ii. Book 2 of the immortal trilogy the taker trilogy ebook. A murder mystery, a courtroom drama, a family sagathe reckoning is grishams argument that hes not just a boilerplate thriller writer. Bottom line, the reckoning is a tremendous follow up to the taker and serves the role a second book in a trilogy should. Roseline is left with questions that refuse answers and only the memory of a man she vows to hunt and k. The reckoning by sharon kay penman is a work of historical fiction detailing the relationship between england and wales between the years of 1271 and 1283. The reckoning by alma katsu book two in the taker trilogy. It is the first in an awardwinning trilogy that includes the reckoning and the. The reckoning is a medieval historical novel written by sharon kay penman published in 1991.
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