The First Boxer

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Number of Pages: 514

An action-packed time-travel thriller from the author of the bestselling The Schumann Frequency. An action-packed time-travel thriller from the author of the bestselling The Schumann Frequency. In 1860 a young man appears inside the walls of the Forbidden City of Peking. He has the most striking sapphire-blue eyes, and – more importantly – he appears to know every aspect of the future. Randall Chen is a time-traveller who, with the help of his fellow Overseer Wilson Dowling, has been sent back on a mission to protect the greatest treasure in Asia. But even with Randall’s exceptional foresight he will underestimate Empress Ci Xi, a calculating Manchurian beauty with an insatiable lust for power. Using her considerable intellect and charm to draw in the mysterious blue-eye, she will turn his powers to her advantage. And the consequences will echo throughout the ages… PUBLISHED IN EBOOK AS THE LAST EMPRESS