MACAU

1985

From blurb of Corgi edition:

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MACAU: the most exciting city in the East -- certainly the most lawless. A six-and-a-half-mile haven for smugglers, spies and blockade runners. Home of a powerful criminal organisation -- the Macau Syndicate -- who have grown old on the illicit gold trade. 

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DR SUN: whose favourite after-dinner trick at his own banquets was to shoot under the table at the legs of his guests, leaves a daughter. At twenty-five, Crystal Lily has inherited control of his Syndicate, but also his debts to the notorious 14K triad based in Hong Kong, which must be paid in gold bullion before a fast-approaching deadline. Every day Crystal Lily fears the assassin's knife, for Thomas Wu -- her father's personal secretary -- had cast himself as Dr Sun's successor and hated the girl who robbed him of his inheritance. 

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NICOLAI: the Russian 'Snake Boat Man' had become a living legend as the foremost smuggler in the South China Seas. It is he Crystal Lily calls out of retirement to make one last crucial run for gold . . .

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"A swashbuckling thriller written with infectious gusto."

--Wilbur Smith

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"In the style of bestsellers like Tai-Pan and Shogun . . . guaranteed to set its readers' pulses racing."

--John Barkham Reviews

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From blurb of Zebra edition:

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MACAU

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Six square miles of lawless corruption on the turbulent China coast. A teeming metropolis of ancient cobbled streets and lavish modern casinos. Cloaked in the romance of the Far East, possessing a dark and deadly magic uniquely its own. 

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MACAU

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Safe haven for spies and blockade runners. Violent breeding ground of racketeers, pimps, thieves and murderers. Where puppet government officials and rich banking taipans bow to the evil will of Mafia-style criminal and terrorist organizations. And where a beautiful but ruthless young woman and a legendary gold smuggler must join forces against impossible odds, allies in a brutal battle to the death for limitless wealth and ultimate power.

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MACAU

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An epic novel of action and adventure set against a backdrop of Oriental splendor, mind-staggering poverty and exotic mystery. A sweeping saga of passion, power and betrayal in the grand tradition of SHOGUN and TAI-PAN. 

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"A rip-roarer."

--Los Angeles Times​