Book 3 in the acclaimed ‘Shanghai Tetralogy.’ Two prophecies are put forward; one proceeds, the other is fulfilled, and a city at the Bend in the River grows. A sprawling historical epic spanning 200 years, City Rising: The End of the Garden tells the story of two destitute Baghdadi Jews who become opium lords, their battles against the powerful British opium companies, and the boys’ eventual love of the City at the Bend in the River - Shanghai.
David Rotenberg
September 23rd, 2025
Book 4 and the final climatic end in the acclaimed City Rising ‘Shanghai Tetralogy’.
David Rotenberg
November 9th, 2023
The first book in the ‘Shanghai Tetralogy,’ City Rising, starts on the Hua Shan (the Holy Mountain) 250 years before Christ where the FIRST EMPEROR the most powerful man the world to that time had ever known bequeaths a talisman to his three trusted followers: the BodyGuard, his favorite Courtesan and his Head Confucian - a narwhal tusk with carvings depicting the growth for the next 2500 years of a city at the Bend in the River - Shanghai.
David Rotenberg
February 27th, 2025
The second book in the ‘Shanghai Tetralogy’ is City Rising: The Bend in the River:On the Hua Shan (the Holy Mountain) 250 years before Christ, the most powerful man in the world, the First Emperor bequeaths a talisman - a narwhal tusk with carvings depicting the growth of Shanghai for the next 2500 years - to his three trusted followers: the Bodyguard, his favourite Courtesan, and his Head Confucian.

