Chung Kuo by David Wingrove

Chung Kuo (meaning "Middle Kingdom") is a 20 volume epic science fiction series by David Wingrove. Originally written as 8 novels the series has been completely overhauled with over half a million new words and is being published in 20 volumes by Corvus (Atlantic) Books.

The story is a post-apocalyptic dystopia set in the future where China has come to dominate the planet with a forced peaceful rule. Very grand in scale with a cast of hundreds and taking place over 2 centuries, Chung Kuo is an incredible future vision by a very talented author.

reviews in the series

Daylight on Iron Mountain

by David Wingrove

Daylight on Iron Mountain is the second book in David Wingrove's epic re-imagining of his Chung Kuo series and follows on from the events in the incredible novel Son of Heaven, I seriously recommend you read that novel first.

Although we still have the characters of Jack, Mary and their family - who are given a large story arc of their own, the emphasis and larger story arc is firmly placed on the ruling Chinese families which include the Emperor...

read the review

reviewed on Tuesday 01 November 2011

Son of Heaven

by David Wingrove

The year is 2065 and two decades have passed since civilisation in the west was destroyed by economic collapse. In the UK no central government exists and people survive in broken pockets of civility - small communities who have banded together to build some semblance of order amid the chaos.

In the rural county of Dorset Jake Reed lives with his 14 year old son and first hand memories of the great collapse of '43. Back in the day Jake was a young, rich futures broker - deeply ...

read the review

reviewed on Thursday 09 September 2010