REVIEW: Silver Pheasant: Kaifeng Chronicles, Book Four by Robert Campbell

In Beijing, Li Bing continues his quest to enter the imperial civil service.

Dear Mr. Campbell,

Well, that’s a rather uninspired blurb that barely covers a third of what goes on in this book. It’s an important third but still, much more happens in this story than that. Threads that have been carefully added to the tapestry of the Li family’s life continue to be woven in. Past characters, good and bad, are brought back and their actions seem set to collide with bureaucratic official Li Gong, ...