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040 _aUtSlPG
041 7 _aen
_2iso639-1
050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aGibbs, George,
_d1870-1942
245 1 4 _aThe Golden Bough
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2013
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2013-01-13
508 _aProduced by Al Haines
520 _a"The Golden Bough" by George Gibbs is a novel written in the early 20th century. The storyline opens amidst the chaos of war, introducing a fugitive soldier wandering through the dusk, seeking refuge and sustenance after escaping captivity. The narrative hints at themes of loyalty, identity, and the intersections of personal destiny with broader historical movements as the fugitive encounters a mysterious young woman named Tanya, who seems entwined with a deeper, secretive order that is at once archaic and politically potent. At the start of the novel, the American soldier, Phil Rowland, finds himself in a secluded locale after escaping from German captivity. He stumbles upon a secluded property belonging to Tanya Korasov, a young woman who initially guards herself in the shadows of her disturbing surroundings. As she provides Rowland with food and kindness, the tension mounts with the ominous figure of Kirylo Ivanitch, who appears to connect their lives through some predetermined fate steeped in Russian mysticism. Following a sudden confrontation between Rowland and Ivanitch in which the latter dies, the dynamics shift dramatically. Rowland learns that he has inadvertently fulfilled a prophecy regarding an ancient order known as the Priesthood of Nemi, placing him in a pivotal role amidst deeper conspiracies and ambitions in Europe during wartime. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aFiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41844
999 _c82683
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