SPOTLIGHT: Three Gorges Dam by Thomas V. Harris @smithpublicity
Three Gorges Dam
by Thomas V. Harris
INTERNATIONAL THRILLER PREDICTS THE
COLLAPSE OF CHINA’S COMMUNIST
REGIME
Every day media sites throughout the world chronicle
Chinese corruption, industrial espionage, unfair trade practices, and cultural
genocide. Three Gorges Dam (BookBaby, April 16, 2018)—by debut fiction writer
Thomas V. Harris—takes the reader through real-life China and exposes the
country’s fatal flaws. As the novel begins: China’s western frontier is a
powder keg. It’s Buddhist and Muslim rebels are about to light the fuse.
Protagonist Michael Brannigan—the world’s top energy
consultant—is fighting his own demons when he becomes embroiled in China’s
internal strife. The People’s Republic of China and Brannigan are concluding
a triumphant week. The PRC’s top energy consultant has fallen in love with Australian
geophysicist Kylie Ryan while traveling in Xinjiang Province. Chinese President
Lao Ming is in Beijing hosting a game-changing summit with the United States.
CNN’s 24/7 coverage is broadcasting the new reality: the Communist juggernaut
has surpassed the United States as the world’s top superpower.
Brannigan’s
train is retracing Marco Polo’s historic journey two thousand miles west of the
capital. When the Silk Road Express ultimately reaches the Tarim Basin, his
team of engineers will assist the Chinese in developing the world’s richest oil
fields. The New York-based engineer is heading deeper into the Taklamakan
Desert as President Lao’s motorcade approaches the end of its parade route. In
a few hours, the president will arrive at the Hall of Purple Light to celebrate
his victory.
All that changes in two blinks of an eye. China’s Young Turks
and Fighting Monks rock the country. Caught up in the violence, Brannigan’s
love affair meets a tragic end. The Reds and the rebels continue to engage in
an escalating cycle of provocations and reprisals. In the midst of the turmoil,
Brannigan returns to China for a hush-hush assignment at Three Gorges Dam, the
world’s largest, and most controversial, hydroelectric facility. There he
overcomes his demons and finds lasting happiness. Everything is coming up aces.
Until the unthinkable happens!
Three Gorges Dam is a tale of a tragic romance,
and personal redemption, wrapped inside a political thriller. It gives the
reader a panoramic view of China on the brink of destruction as its people face
a mass catastrophe. The novel explores the following themes:
·
Whether civilization has roots or is merely a
thin veneer;
·
Does personal redemption depend on fate, free
will, or mere chance?
·
Whether karma (what goes around comes around) is
superstition or truly predictive of future events;
·
Whether political power grows out of the barrel
of a gun;
·
Does absolute power corrupt absolutely?
·
Whether a wise dictator prefers to be loved or
feared;
· Even in the worst of times—does love conquer all?
Thomas
V. Harris divides his time between Mercer Island, a few miles east of
Seattle, and Highland Lake in Bridgton, Maine. A native New Yorker, he
graduated from Harvard College with a degree in political science and Cornell
Law School with a specialization in International Law.
Mr.
Harris is a Pacific Northwest trial lawyer who currently serves as a full-time
mediator at Washington Arbitration & Mediation Service (WAMS). He is also a
fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Society of
Barristers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the American Board
of Trial Advocates.
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