David Wingrove - Chung Kuo 7 - Days of Bitter Strength

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DAVID WINGROVE
BOOK SEVEN
DAYS OF BITTER STRENGTH
NEW ENGLISH LIBRARY
By the same author:
in the CHUNG KUO series
Book One: THE MIDDLE KINGDOM
Book Two THE BROKEN WHEEL Book Three: THE WHITE MOUNTAIN
Book Four: THE STONE WITHIN
Book Five: BENEATH THE TREE OF HEAVEN
Book Six: WHITE MOON, RED DRAGON
About the author
David Wingrove is also the author of Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction which he
co-wrote with Brian Aldiss. It won the prestigious Hugo and Locus Awards. He lives north London with
his wife and four daughters.
Copyright © 1995 by David Wingrove
First published in Great Britain in 1995 by Hodder and Stoughton
A division of Hodder Headline PLC
First published in paperback in 1996 by Hodder and Stoughton A New English Library Paperback
The right of David Wingrove to be identified as the Author of
the Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
10 987654321
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be
reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted,
in any form or by any means without the prior written
permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated
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it is published and without a similar condition being
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Wingrove, David
Chung Kuo. - Book 7: Days of Bitter Strength 823.914 [F] I. Title
ISBN: 0 340 67253 6
Typeset by Hewer Text Composition Services, Edinburgh Printed and bound in Great Britain by Cox & Wyman Ltd, Reading, Berkshire
Hodder and Stoughton
A division of Hodder Headline PLC
338 Euston Road
London NW1 3BH
For John and Ruth Murry
with love and affection, and in remembrance of
days in the Golden Valley
contents
Introduction OF GIFTS AND STONES
Prologue Winter 2225 - ABANDONED IN WHITENESS
Part 1 Spring 2232 - CHINA ON THE RHINE
Chapter 1 Days Of Ease
Chapter 2 Butterfly Vision
Chapter 3 Proclamation
Chapter 4 Into The Black
Chapter 5 String And Glue
Chapter 6 The Arch Of Air
Chapter 7 Chance Meetings
Chapter 8 Night
Chapter 9 A Death, A Gift, A Marriage
Chapter 10 Figures In A Dance
Interlude Summer 2232 - THE CLOSING OF EYES
Part 2 Spring 2234 - DAYS OF BITTER STRENGTH
Chapter 11 Among Friends
Chapter 12 The Hollower
Chapter 13 The Spider In The Well
Chapter 14 In The City of The Dead
Chapter 15 Seeing Out The Angels
Epilogue Autumn 2234 - AFTER THE GOLDRUSH
Author's Note
Acknowledgements
Glossary Of Mandarin Terms
major characters
Ascher, Emily - Trained as an economist, she was once a member of the Ping Tiao revolutionary party.
After their demise, she fled to North America where, under the alias of Mary Jennings, she got a job with
the giant ImmVac corporation, working for Old Man Lever and his son, Michael, whom she finally
married. When America fell she fled with Michael to Europe, but tiring of that high-level social world she
went back down the levels and became a terrorist again. It was while undertaking a terrorist mission that
she was attacked and badly wounded. Lin Shang, a simple "mender", found her there and nursed her
back to health. Now, almost two decades on, she is still with him - his constant companion.
DeVore, Howard - A one-time Major in the Tang's Security forces, he has become the leading figure in
the struggle against the Seven. A highly intelligent and coldly logical man, he is the puppet master behind
the scenes as the great War of the Two Directions takes a new turn. Defeated first on Chung Kuo and
then on Mars, he fled outward, to the tenth planet, Pluto, and its twin, Charon. From there he launched a
new, massive attack on Chung Kuo, which was only defeated at great cost to Li Yuan and his allies.
Now, after a dozen years away, he is set to return.
Ebert, Hans - Son of Klaus Ebert and heir to the vast GenSyn Corporation, he was promoted to
General in Li Yuan's Security forces, and was admired and trusted by his superiors. Secretly, however,
he was allied to DeVore, and was subsequently implicated in the murder of his father. Having fled Chung
Kuo, he was declared a traitor in his absence. After suffering exile, he found himself again, among the lost
African tribe, the Osu, in the desert sands of Mars, where he became their spiritual leader, the "Walker in
the Darkness". Returning to Chung Kuo, he played a major part in helping Li Yuan defeat DeVore and
was pardoned. Now he lives with the Osu in their new homeland in Africa.
Karr, Gregor - Marshal of the European Security forces, he was recruited by General Tolonen from the
Net. In his youth he was a "blood" - a to-the-death combat fighter. A huge man physically, he is also one
of Li Yuan's "most-trusted men". As a respected pillar of society and the father of four growing daughters
he has risen beyond all early expectations and is now a pivotal figure in the politics of City Europe.
Li Yuan - T'ang of Europe and one of the Seven, as second son of Li Shai Tung, he inherited after the
deaths of his brother and father. Considered old before his time, he none the less has a passionate side to
his nature, as demonstrated in his brief marriage to his brother's wife, the beautiful Fei Yen. His
subsequent remarriage ended in tragedy when his three wives were assassinated. Despite his subsequent
marriage to Pei K'ung, his real concern is for his son, Kuei Jen.
Pei K'ung - Fifth wife of Li Yuan, she is eighteen years his elder and a plain, straightforward woman
from a Minor Family background. Ten years ago she was handed the reins of domestic government by Li
Yuan and that experience has changed her profoundly, as has her belated discovery of sex in all its forms.
Shepherd, Ben - Great-great-grandson of City Earth's architect, Shepherd was brought up in the
Domain, an idyllic valley in the south-west of England, where he pursues his artistic calling, developing a
new art form, the "Shell": a machine which mimics the experience of life. In his middle years, however, he has
become far more involved in politics and -against all expectations - is now Li Yuan's closest advisor.
Ward, Jelka - Daughter of Marshal Tolonen, Jelka was brought up in a very masculine environment, lacking in a
mother's love and influence. Yet her attempts to re-create herself - to find a balance in her life - have only brought her
into conflict, first with a young soldier, and then with her father, who - to prevent her having a relationship with Kim
Ward - despatched her on a tour of the Colony Planets. Returned, she married Kirn and is now his inseparable
helpmeet and mother of his two children, Sampsa and Mileja.
Ward, Kim - Born in the Clay, that dark wasteland beneath the great City's foundations, Kim has survived various
personal crises to become Chung Kuo's leading experimental scientist. Hired by the massive SimFic Corporation as a
commodity-slave on a seven-year contract, he finally achieved his ambition of marrying the Marshal's daughter. Now,
as head of NorTek Europe, he is one of City Europe's richest and most powerful men.
THE SEVEN AND THE FAMILIES
Hsiang Lu Yeh - Minor Family Prince
Hsun Chu-lo - Minor Family Princess and first daughter of Hsun Teh
Hsun Lung hsin - "Dragon Heart"; Minor Family princess and second daughter of Hsun Teh
Hsun Teh - Head of the Hsun Family (one of the Twenty-Nine Minor Families)
Li Kuei Jen - son of Li Yuan and heir to City Europe
Li Pei K'ung - wife of Li Yuan
Li Yuan - T'ang of City Europe
Yin Fei Yen - "Flying Swallow"; Minor Family Princess and divorced wife of Li Yuan
FRIENDS AND RETAINERS OF THE
SEVEN
Adler - General in Security, City Europe
Bell - Colonel in charge of Security, Bremen spaceport
Bujold - General in Security, City Europe
Carl - security guard at Karr's mansion
Chang Li - Senior Surgeon at the San Chang
Chao Chung - Senior Warden of Edingen Prison
Cheng Nai shan - assistant to Ming Ai
Chu Po - lover of Pei K'ung
Chu Te - Commissioner for Mainz
Dawes, Richard - Security Captain reporting to I Ye
Ebert, Pauli - bastard son of Hans Ebert and Golden Heart, and Head of the GenSyn Corporation
Edmonds - Captain of Security
Egan, Josiah - Head of NorTek America and grandfather of Mark Egan
Egan, Mark - grandson of Old Man
Egan Farren - General; Commander of City Europe's Second Banner
Fen Chun - First Secretary to Heng Yu
Haavikko, Axel - Colonel in Security
Hagenau, Horst - Major in Security, working for Karr
Haller - Security operative Hart - General in Security, City Europe
Heng Yu - Chancellor of City Europe
Holzman, Daniel - palace guard
I Ye - Colonel, Chief of Security in the San Chang
Jia Shu - Steward in Li Yuan's palace
Kan - Wei, or Security Captain of Kuang Hua Hsien
Karr, Gregor - Marshal of Security, City Europe
Kung Chia - Wei, or Captain of Security of Weisenau Hsien
Lai Wu - secretary to Cheng Nai shan
Lauther - Security Captain at Edingen Prison
Lo Wen - Master of wu shu and tutor to Li Kuei Jen
Ming Ai - Personal secretary to Pei K'ung
Nan Fa-hsien - Master of the Inner Chambers and eldest son of Nan Ho
Shepherd, Ben - "shell artist" and Chief Advisor to Li Yuan
Steen - Captain of shuttle craft
Su Ping - Hsien L'ing, or District Magistrate of Weisenau Hsien, and twin brother of Su Chun
Tanner, Charles - General in Security, City Europe
Tsui Ku - Tai Shih lung or Court Astrologer in the San Chang Wang - Hsien L'ing, or District
Magistrate of Kuang Hua Hsien
Ward, Jelka - wife of Kim Ward; daughter of Knut Tolonen
Ward, Kim - Clayborn scientist; owner of the NorTek Corporation of Europe
Wen - Steward in the San Chang Wiley - Captain of Security, Edingen Prison 3
Yun - Third Cook on the imperial barge
OTHER CHARACTERS
Ai Lin - Sampsa Ward's girlfriend and twin to Lu Yi
Ascher, Emily - real name of Emily Lin
Calder, Alan - Mashhad-born terrorist
Calder, Eva - sister of Alan Calder and maid to Warlord Hu
Chan Sang - maid to Michael Lever
Chao Ta-nien - "Slow Chao", Red Pole to the Iron Fist Triad
Cho Yao - Lu Nan Jen or "Oven Man"
Chou - third-year schoolboy at the Seventh District School
Chuang Kuan Ts'ai - "Coffin-filler", adopted daughter of Cho Yao
Chung - "Ice Man" Chung, Big Boss of the Iron Fist triad
Costas - friend of Alan Calder
Curval, Andrew - Head of Research, NorTek Europe
Dogu - infant son of Catherine Shepherd
Eduard - guard in Marshal Karr's employ
Fan Sheng-chih - neighbour of Emily Ascher and Lin Shang
Hamsun, Torve - Captain of the Luoyang
Hannah - anglicised name of Shang Han-A
Harris, Joseph - young host at the Chao Hao T'ai, the
"Directory" Hei Fong - merchant
Ho - "Madam Ho", owner of a brothel in Hattersheim Hsien
Ho Ko - "Harmonious Song"; sing-song girl on the flower boats
Ho Tse-tsu - Third Secretary to Su Ping
Horacek, Bara - Mother of Josef Horacek
Horacek, Josef - son of Vilem and Bara Horacek
Horacek, Vilem - Father of Josef Horacek
Hu Feng-lo - second son of Warlord Hu
Hu Wang-chih - Warlord of the Mashhad Region
Ishida, Dcuro - Japanese asteroid miner
Ishida, Kano - eldest brother of Bturo
Ishida Ishida, Shukaku - eighth brother of Dcuro
Ishida Kao Chen - ex-Major in Security; plantation worker
Kao Jyan - eldest son of Kao Chen
James - friend of Alan Calder
Ji Wang - First Minister to Warlord Hu
Johnson, Daniel - Personal Assistant to Michael Lever
Judd - boy in the tunnels Jung - madman
Jung Wang - the madman's wife
Karr, Beth - youngest daughter of Gregor and Marie Karr
Karr, Hannah - daughter of Gregor and Marie Karr
Karr, Lily - daughter of Gregor and Marie Karr
Karr, Marie - wife of Gregor Karr
Karr, May - eldest daughter of Gregor and Marie Karr
Lever, Michael - Head of the ImmVac pharmaceutical corporation
Lin Chao - eldest adopted son of Lin Shang and Emily Ascher
Lin Chia - adopted son of Lin Shang and Emily Ascher
Lin, Emily - partner of Lin Shang; real name Emily Ascher
Lin Han Ye - adopted son of Lin Shang and Emily Ascher
Lin Ji - youngest adopted son of Lin Shang and Emily Ascher
Lin Lao - adopted son of Lin Shang and Emily Ascher
Lin Pei - adopted son of Lin Shang and Emily Ascher
Lin Shang - Mender Lin, partner to Emily Ascher
Lin Sung - adopted son of Lin Shang and Emily Ascher
Lin Teng - adopted son of Lin Shang and Emily Ascher
Liu Yeh - First Steward to Tung Wei
Lu Song - terrorist leader from Krasnovodsk
Lu Yi - Tom Shepherd's girlfriend and twin to Ai Lin
Mao Kuang-H - Fourth Secretary to Su Ping
Mao Tun - Warlord
Matloff - middle man for Michael Lever
Meng Yi - Warlord of Ashkabhad
Novacek, Sasha - daughter of Catherine Shepherd
Peng - servant to Su Chun
Peter - fruit stall holder
Scaf - dayman helper of Ben Shepherd
Shand, Gill - Personal Assistant to Kim Ward
Shang Han-A - daughter of the late Shang Mu and historian of Chung Kuo
Shen Li - alias of Ikuro Ishida
Shepherd, Catherine - wife of Ben Shepherd
Shepherd, Meg - sister of Ben Shepherd
Shepherd, Tom - mute son of Ben and Meg Shepherd
Stock - boy in the tunnels
Stocken - lieutenant in Hu Wang-chih's household guard
Su Chun - tong boss and twin brother of Su Ping
Su Yen - youngest half-brother of Su Ping and Su Chun
Tie Ning - young prostitute on lantern boats
Tuan Ti Fo - Master of wei chi and sage Tu Fan - triad runner
Tung Po-jen - club owner in Bockenheim Hsien
Tung Wei - merchant in Weisenau Hsien
Tybor - one of DeVore's new morphs, his Inheritors
Wang Ti - wife of Kao Chen
Ward, Mileja - infant daughter of Jelka and Kim Ward
Ward, Sampsa - son of Jelka and Kim Ward
Wei Yu - First Steward to Michael Lever
Wen - "Big Wen", butcher in Weisenau marketplace
Wen - "Old Wen", boatman for the flower boats
Wen Ch'ang - assistant to Kim Ward; also known as Tuan Wen-ch'ang
Yang Chung - trivee actor; hero in Moving The Mountain
Yang Wei - "Old Yang"; hardware store owner
THE OSU
Dogo - one of the "eight"
Echewa, Aluko - Head man and one of the "eight"
Efulefu - "Worthless Man"; chosen name of Hans Ebert among
theOsu Nza - "Tiny bird", an Osu child, adopted by Hans
Ebert, and one of the "eight"
THE DEAD
Althaus, Kurt - General of Security, North America
An Hsi - Minor Family prince and fifth son of An Sheng
An Liang-chou - Minor Family prince
An Mo Shan - Minor Family prince and third son of An Sheng
An Sheng - head of the An Family (one of the Twenty-Nine Minor Families)
Anderson, Leonid - Director of the Recruitment Project Anna - helper to Mary Lever Anne - Yu
assassin Ashman - henchman of Pasek Barrett - GenSyn "sport"; brothel-keeper in the Clay Barrow,
Chao - Secretary of the House at Weimar
Barycz, Jiri - scientist on the Wiring Project
Bates - leading figure in the Federation of Free Men, Mars
Beinlich - ex-Security lieutenant, working for Van Pasenow
Bercott, Andrei - Representative at Weimar
Berdichev, Soren - head of SimFic and later leader of the Dispersionist faction
Berdichev, Ylva - wife of Soren Berdichev Berrenson - Company Head Bess - helper to Mary Lever
Blaskic - henchman of Pasek Blofeld - agent of special security forces Blonegek - "Greasy"; dayman
civilised by Ben Shepherd Brock - security guard in the Domain Brookes, Thomas - Port Captain, Tien
Men K'ou, Mars Cao Chang - Financial Strategist to Stefan Lehmann Chang Hong - Minister of
Production, City Europe Chang Te Li - "Old Chang", Wu, or Diviner Chen So - Clerk of the Inner
Chambers at Tongjiang Ch'en Li - associate of Governor Schenck Cheng Lu - Lehmann's ambassador
to Fu Chiang's court Cherkassky, Stefan - ex-Security assassin and friend of DeVore
Chi Hu Wei - T'ang of the Australias; father of Chi Hsing Chih Huang Hui - second wife of Shang Mu
and stepmother of Shang Han-A Ch'in Shih Huang Ti - the first emperor of China; ruled 221-210 bc
Cho Hsiang - Hong Cao's subordinate Chou Te-hsing - Head of the Black Hand terrorists Chu Heng -
"kwai", or hired knife; a hireling of DeVore's Chu Shi-ch'e - Pi-shu chien, or Inspector of the Imperial
Library at Tongjiang
Chuang Ko - private secretary to Tsu Ma Chuang Tzu - ancient Han sage and Taoist philosopher from
the 6th Century bc
Chun Wu-chi - head of the Chun family (one of the Twenty-Nine Minor Families) Chung Hsin -
"Loyalty"; bondservant to Li Shai Tung
Clarac, Armand - Director of the "New Hope" Project
Coates - security guard in the Domain
Cook - duty guard in the Domain
Cornwell, James - director of the AutoMek corporation
Crefter - "Strong"; dayman civilised by Ben Shepherd
Cui - Steward of Marshal Tolonen's household
Cutler, Richard - leader of the "America" movement
Dawson - associate of Governor Schenck
Deio - Clayborn friend of Kim Ward from "Rehabilitation"
Deng Liang - Minor Family Prince; fifth son of Deng Shang; Dispersionist
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