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Friday, December 18, 2009 Tentative Blurb Below is the first draft of the blurb I wrote for the still-to-be-titled novella: In 1865 Sacramento, men still mine for gold nearly twenty years after the great Gold Rush of 1849. Along the Sierra Mountains, Chinese workers risk their lives putting down the last rails of the Transcontinental Railroad. The hope for gold has spurred many to seek their fortunes in California, the place the Chinese call Gum San or "Gold Mountain." Amidst this backdrop, Quiang, a new immigrant, works the dangerous rails hoping to save enough money to send home to his parents. In town, Leah and Clara, two enterprising women from New York, have plans of their own to grow a restaurant and laundry business. However, both plans go awry when Quiang and Leah meet one fateful day and what starts as a budding attraction soon grows into tumultuous desire despite the cultural and language barriers between them. Initially resistant, Leah succumbs to passion following a tragic loss that leaves her vulnerable and alone. With hopes for a future that now includes Leah, Quiang embarks on a perilous path as he leaves the railroad behind for a more profitable position as a courier for The Tong, henchmen for the dangerous Triad, a society that traffics in opium and other illicit pleasures. Quiang soon finds that navigating the secretive life of a courier brings more danger than he has ever faced on the railroad, dangers that not only threaten to tear him and Leah apart, but may cost them their lives as well. Labels: Books
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