The Art of War (Chung Kuo Recast, #5)

The fifth installment of David Wingrove's colossal series The year is 2206 and peace has returned. After five years of war, the Seven are weak. They have lost three of their members, and the new T'ang are young and inexperienced. Once it was considered inconceivable but now, down in the lowest levels of the immense city of Chung Kuo, new currents of unrest have awoken that threaten to tear it apart. The fight endures, but the demand for change is not the only threat to the Seven. Major Howard DeVore will use any means available to destroy them and their world-spanning city, and, from their own ranks, Wang Sau-leyan, appointed T'ang after the suspicious deaths of his father and elder brothers, plots to destroy them from within. The Seven are vulnerable and the forces against them continue to grow.--Provided by the publisher

The fifth installment of David Wingrove's colossal series

Peace has returned: The year is 2206. After five years of war, the Seven are weak. They have lost three of their members, and the new T'ang are young and inexperienced. Once it was considered inconceivable but now, down in the lowest levels of the immense City, new currents of unrest have awoken. Currents that threaten to tear Chung Kuo apart. The fight endures: But the demand for Change is not the only threat to the Seven. Major Howard DeVore will use any means available to destroy them and their world-spanning City. And, from their own ranks, Wang Sau-leyan, appointed T'ang after the suspicious deaths of his father and elder brothers, plots to destroy them from within. The Seven are vulnerable and the forces against them continue to grow. Welcome to the Future.

Science Fiction. Peace Has Returned The 'war That Wasn't A War' Has Ended. The Dispersionists Have Been Broken And Peace Has Returned To Chung Kuo, But Devore's Mission To Destroy It Is Far From Over. Employing The Ping Tiao, The 'levellers', And Officers Within The Security Service Still Loyal To Him, Devore Sends Autonomous Copies Of Himself From Mars To Destroy The Seven By Any Means Necessary. The Fight Endures The Seven Lost Their Three Most Experienced T'ang In The War And Have Been Left Extremely Vulnerable. Wang Sau-leyan, The New T'ang Of City Africa, Uses This Weakness To Attack Them From Within, But Without The Continued Loyalty Of Men Like Tolonen, Karr And Kao Chen They Will All Topple. Welcome To The Future. Peace has returned The 'War That Wasn't a War' has ended. The Dispersionists have been broken and peace has returned to Chung Kuo, but DeVore's mission to destroy it is far from over. Employing the Ping Tiao, the 'Levellers', and officers within the Security Service still loyal to him, DeVore sends autonomous copies of himself from Mars to destroy the Seven by any means necessary. The Seven lost their three most experienced T'ang in the War and have been left extremely vulnerable. Wang Sau-leyan, the new T'ang of City Africa, uses this weakness to attack them from within, but without the continued loyalty of men like Tolonen, Karr and Kao Chen they will all topple. Welcome to the Future (from Corvus)