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The Road to Nanning
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Mystery & ThrillerHistorical Fiction
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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 29 2025
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.31 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A Dutch sailor on the run.
A merchant woman fighting for survival.
Two lives crossing in a world collapsing under the weight of empire.
After a youthful mistake leads to banishment from Amsterdam, Jacob van de Water joins the Dutch Navy under a false name. When his ship anchors near Sumatra, Jacob is seized by pirates and carried into the jungles of Đà ng Ngoà i-The Outer Realm of old Vietnam. Escaping into a mountain village, he finds unexpected refuge among rice farmers, a widowed mother, and a mysterious shaman whose visions warn that Jacob's journey has only begun.
Drawn north along the ancient trade routes into China, Jacob reaches Nanning, a rising frontier city in the early Qing era. There he meets Li Jing, a brilliant and respected merchant woman whose business spans lacquer, herbs, silks, and the increasingly dangerous medicinal opium trade. Their partnership grows into something far deeper as unrest spreads across the empire.
But China is entering one of its darkest chapters.
Opium misuse begins to tear through the population.
Foreign merchants are blamed.
A ruthless new commander vows to purge all who threaten the dynasty.
As suspicion rises and violence spreads, Jacob and Li Jing's world collapses in a single devastating raid-forcing Jacob to flee across mountains, rivers, and seas in a desperate attempt to survive.
From the misty rice fields of Đà ng Ngoà i
to the bustling markets of Nanning,
to the snow-covered harbors of Hamburg,
The Road to Nanning is a sweeping historical journey of exile, courage, love, and loss-
and one man's struggle to rebuild his life after everything he knew is torn away.
Perfect for readers who enjoy historical epics, cross-cultural journeys, and stories of resilience in times of upheaval.
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