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(0)Theodore G. Rork
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The Pessiridis family-wealthy Greeks-sell their department store and flee their home in Russia because of the coming revolution. They take only a cache of smuggled Fabergé diamonds and rubies. What should be an adventure turns into a nightmare when they narrowly escape capture by the Ottoman Empire during World War I. They once again flee and sail for Greece; forced to overcome loss and fight for survival. Murder and lingering wars keep them from...
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Liang is orphaned twice before he's nine years old.
His existence is based on begging, then later-when he's less childlike-on his ability to adapt to the lands he roams. He triumphs, thriving off the fish he taught himself to catch, and avoiding dangers more egregious than wild beast.
The Japanese occupation promises slave labor, so he flees to the mountains, where he meets an aboriginal tribe, who takes him in.
There he meets his wife, and they...