“You
sound confident.”
“Their
missionaries and educators tried to modernize and Christianize us. The Japanese wanted to conquer us. The Americans attempted to democratize
us. The Soviets tried to insinuate
control. They all failed. Even worse, we experimented with ourselves
and failed, too. We are a great
civilization.” He paused. “We shall once more be what we were.”
(from The
Emperor’s Tomb by Steve Berry)
9*/10. The complete review is here.
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