Book 4 and the final climatic end in the acclaimed City Rising 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 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.
“Rotenberg’s take on the street life, bureaucracy, and sheer mass of Shanghai cleverly captures a wonderful, baffling city.”
– Toronto Star
“An epic [series] spanning thousands of years with larger-than-life characters and page-turning qualities.”
– Maclean's
“A massive, fascinating, and powerful [series] that spans genres, maybe confounds them. [Rotenberg] possesses a prodigious memory for atmosphere and place.”
– Jurgen Gothe
“Immersive, engrossing, and transporting.”
– Dan Kalla, bestselling author of Night Over Shanghai
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.
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.
