Dreams of the Red Phoenix. Virginia Pye

      Dreams of the Red Phoenix

      by

      Virginia Pye

      This is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places and incidents are either the

      product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance

      to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events,

      or locales is entirely coincidental.

      Unbridled Books

      Copyright © 2015 by Virginia Pye

      All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof,

      may not be reproduced in any form

      without permission.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Pye, Virginia.

      Dreams of the Red Phoenix : a novel by / Virginia Pye.

      pages ; cm

      ISBN 978-1-60953-123-2

      I. Title.

      PS3616.Y44D74 2015

      813’.6--dc23

      2015011742

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      Book Design by SH • CV

      First Printing

      For John, after all and before much more

      “But whether true or false, my opinion is that in the world of knowledge the idea of good appears last of all.”

      Plato

      “If I knew for certain that a man was coming to my house with the conscious desire of doing me good, I should run for my life.”

      H. D. Thoreau

      “If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.”

      Chairman Mao