A Book about Men & Angels
Author's NOTE:
The German edition of this book was first published in 2012. But quite clairvoyantly it anticipates the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020/21.
This fantastic novel was inspired by decades of a
German-Chinese friendship. I am grateful to my old pal K.K. Wong (Shanghai/New York) for sharing his enormous cultural knowledge. Without him I would have been just a faceless tourist and “Gweilo” in China, but thanks to his uncountable connections, I got to know a lot of different people there from actors over artists to simple workers. In addition I have to thank him for his infinite patience and help with the local lore and customs. It was he, K.K. Wong, who opened my eyes and my heart for this fantastic country and its diligent and zealous people.
Together with numerous beautiful artifacts a dangerous virus was brought to light in Lintong during the excavation work of the Terracotta-Army of Qin Shi Huang, the first Chinese emperor. It spread multiplied and mutated. Unless the Legna could stop its spreading, the human race was doomed and with it all the fun that the Legna had in their fantastic human host bodies. So they chose “Reganam” (read backwards: “Manager”) one of their best to deal with the problem. In the body of a German scientist he was sent to China to look for a viable method to fight the deadly virus.