Decades ago, an old woman in an Egyptian bookstore implemented a plan inspired by manuscripts rescued from the ancient library of Alexandria. These papers predicted that when global climate change threatened humanity, opportunity would manifest, but to take advantage, China must awaken. However, with the attempted murder of the Dalai Lama, someone is trying to return China to the old ways of Mao. How do the shocking similarities between quantum physics, Buddhism, and the ancient Japanese game of Go, provide answers? Only when the paths of a woman, code-named The Blue Rose, sequestered in the Tiger Monastery of Bhutan and the youngest high-ranking Chinese Communist, nicknamed The Seeker, converge will solutions become clear. While lovers embrace and assassins stalk their prey, the Middle Kingdom sits on a geo-political precipice -- one path leads to the old ways, the other to a new world.
The land now called Concord was originally inhabited by the Abenaki people and the Penacook tribe. Concord's first settlers, such as Ebenezer Eastman, began laying out the Plantation of Penacook, as it was known in 1725, along the fertile fields of the Merrimack River. It was incorporated in 1734 as Rumford and then renamed to Concord by Gov. Benning Wentworth in 1765. Concord experienced a surge in transportation and manufacturing in the 19th century, producing the Concord Coaches, Prescott Pianos, and steam boilers. As Concord celebrates its 250th anniversary, the city flourishes as the state capital and has a thriving community of restaurants, entertainment, and culture for all to enjoy. It retains its town sensibility as it plans for the continued growth of the local economy. Today's civic leaders, like Byron Champlin and James Carroll, work conjointly with business leaders, such as Tom Arnold of Arnie's and Juliana Eades of the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, to build and enhance Concord's cultural, social, and economic identity.
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