Three Friends, Two Countries, One Priceless jewel
1937 China; the Japanese Imperial Army is chewing up China. Three middle-aged friends, Westerners, who have lived in China for decades, are about to lose everything to the onslaught. Leave China or die. As their world collapses around them, a fur trader from New York, a Russian, and a Rabbi from Germany, learn that a race of Chinese Jews is about to become victims of a German and Japanese alliance to acquire a valuable ruby, supposedly hidden in their village of Kaifeng.
The three friends embark on one last adventure before leaving China, to save the Jews of Kaifeng and the jewel. Can they reach Kaifeng before the alliance bent on the destruction of the village gets to them? Itâs a deadly pursuit across 1937 China, through Japanese controlled territory, Chinese bandits, and countless dangers and obstacles. The only clues to its location are written in a cryptic, twenty-year-old diary of a disillusioned Chinese Rabbi; the Journal of Rabbi Levy Wang. The three friends are tested to the extreme in a desperate attempt to warn their friends and find the jewel.
David Harris Lang, a current resident of Hong Kong, has lived and worked in Asia much of his life. Besides being a prolific author of Asian-based thrillers, he is an international architect who brings an indelible sense of placeâ to his writing as well as a deep understanding of Asian cultures, locales, and customs. His vivid fight scenes come from a life-long practice of the martial arts.
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Interview
- What made you write The Journal of Rabbi?
2) What do you want your readers to get out of the book?
My goal is to entertain my readers. I want to transport them to 1937 China and to feel that they are running for their lives.
3) What genre (s) do you write in?
Thriller.
4) If you could go back in time to change one thing about your writing what would it be?
I am continually improving my craft. I would rewrite to infinity, but at some point you have to say that the book is finished.
5) What are somethings that inspire you?
Almost every experience I have inspires me, and has the potential to show up in a story.
6) If given a chance to live as a character in a book, would you do it? If so which character and why?
My heroes in my last few books are detectives. I know that there are a lot of boring parts to that profession, but then the exciting parts are really ass-kicking exciting! I would be one of the detectives.
7) If you could change one thing about the writing world, what would it be?
Selling books would be easier. How do you get your exceptional book into the hands of the readers?
8) Do you listen to music when you write?
No, I like silence.
9) What are some of your favorite books?
The Haruki Murakami book â1Q84â wove a tale of two parallel worlds. That story sticks in my mind. The Rudyard Kipling stories that I read when I was young also played an important role in my fascination with exotic places. As I am an architect and most of my books contain a serial killer or two, I enjoyed âThe Devil In The White Cityâ by Erik Larson. It is a story about the architecture of the 1893 Worldâs Fair and a serial killer on the loose.
10) What is your favorite quote?
Do people have favourite quotes?
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Review
This is one wonderfully written adventure and action filled book. I enjoyed it all the way through. It was a fast paced read that left me wanting to read my of this authors work. For this one there was a lot of description that definitely made the pictures vivid and made this a fantastic read.
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Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R2IS04DYHNO7US
Goodreads: âhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1665767199?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1