Dedalus

Chapter 1THE BUND (ZHONGSHAN LU), SHANGHAI. THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.A tide so low. A night so dark. A secret so raw.The bodies of the eight, caked in black river mud and twisted around each other in the strange and silent choreography of death . . . could not be seen from the Bund, once the...

Chapter One Two centuries ago, a certain Prince souglit immortality in a manner unusual even by the standards of his age. Whereas others might choose to fight glorious batries, raise monuments, or pass far-reaching law^s, our Prince decided instead to devote himself to a lifelong career as the...