The Jade Stalk

Jonathan Fast

A historical novel.

At the high flowering of China's T'ang dynasty, as factions vie for power, the Empress plays protectress to the politically unacceptable Boxer, who alone can satisfy her every desire.

Published
1988
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Jonathan Fast

Jonathan Fast (born 1948) is an American author and social work teacher. Jonathan Fast began writing science fiction and then broadened out into other genres. Of his eight novels, the most successful, from both a commercial and literary perspective, is the historical novel, The Golden Fire, an account of two brothers who battle to be king, set in India during the Gupta Empire (ca. 300 AD).