About this series
The world stands on the brink of it's darkest hour. John Mung's great-grandson, Captain Kenji Ishikaway of Japan's air force becomes embroiled a series of events that lead to the infamous Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and ultimately Hiroshima.
He must go into the very Gates of Hell.
This fascinating novel finalizes the epic saga begun with The Fall of the Shogun. Through the compelling story of John Mung and his descendants, bestselling author Dov Silverman has breathed fire into the history of Japan's emergence into the modern world.
Titles in the series (5)
- The Fall of the Shogun
1
Based on the true story. John Mung, a Japanese fisherboy, is rescued and adopted by American ship Captain Whittefield. John Whittefield, Mung's adopted brother, becomes Commodore Perry's liaison between the Japanese Emperor and the United States. It is with this circumstance of fate that Mung is able to return to 19th century Japan and become the bridge for Western knowledge into his island country home. Book one of the Power Path series. In this 5 book historical fiction series, these two men and their descendants devote their lives to bringing the Japanese people into the twentieth century and to peaceful relations between their countries.
- The Shishi
3
For European foreigners in 19th century Japan, a danger has risen through the Golden Lizard leader. He and his tattooed men are bent on removing Japan of all foreigners. This isn't the only obstacle Japan's heroes, John Mung and John Whittefield, face while attempting to educate Japan out of the feudal age. There is also the threat of Russian invasion as they attempt to take over Japan's northernmost islands. For John Mung, the heartache has only just begun as he makes his mark on history. The John Mung Saga is the historical fiction series based on the life of John Mung, a Japanese fisher boy who was rescued and adopted by American ship Captain Whittefield, and the lives of those around him. With a Harvard education, Mung returned to 19th century Japan and became the bridge for Western knowledge into that isolated island kingdom.
- The Black Dragon
2
John Mung inherits the title of Black Dragon, thereby becoming the eyes and ears of the Emperor of Japan. It's a world of change for the feudal country. Mung must work through betrayal and dangerous intrigue to open the borders to foreign trade and bring feudal Japan into the modern age. "A sweeping novel in the James Michener genre which will attract the same legions of readers who read James Clavell's SHOGUN. Clavell wrote how the Shogun came to power. Dov Silverman writes of the period 240 years later and THE FALL OF THE SHOGUN planned by THE BLACK DRAGON." - London Times, bestseller list
- Tairo
4
Love, treachery and sacrifice come to Japan in the first part of the 20th century. John Mung and the Black Dragon Society are called upon by the Emperor to thwart Japan's militarist plans to wage war with China, Korea, and Russia. When Mung's grandson and his wife are recruited to spy in Manchuria, they are caught in the schemes of Colonel Shibata. This fourth novel of the Power Path Series shows the growth of Japan's international spy system that outmaneuvered the western military world in the first part of the 20th century, and reached the epitome of industrial espionage in the latter half of the 20th century.
- To the Gates of Hell
5
The world stands on the brink of it's darkest hour. John Mung's great-grandson, Captain Kenji Ishikaway of Japan's air force becomes embroiled a series of events that lead to the infamous Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and ultimately Hiroshima. He must go into the very Gates of Hell. This fascinating novel finalizes the epic saga begun with The Fall of the Shogun. Through the compelling story of John Mung and his descendants, bestselling author Dov Silverman has breathed fire into the history of Japan's emergence into the modern world.
Dov Silverman
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Dov Silverman has served as a U.S. Marine in the Korean War, worked as a Long Island railroad conductor, been an auctioneer, and even established the Autar Microfilm Service. While working so hard on the railroad, he earned his high school diploma and went on to graduate from Stony Brook University, Long Island, New York, cum laude, at the age of 39. He and his family settled in Safed, Israel in 1972. He credits a spiritual meeting with God and a Tzaddik (righteous man), Jules Rubinstein, in the Brentwood (New York) Jewish Center, with setting him on the path of study, religious involvement and settlement in Israel. His novel, FALL OF THE SHOGUN, appeared on the London Times Best-Seller List and has been published in multiple languages. He also won a 1988 Suntory Mystery Fiction Award, Japan, for REVENGE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERDS.
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