After I published
Shattered World I: Paris and
Shattered World II: Russia,
I posted a series of blog entries providing photos and images that
inspired the novel's locations and demons. As with the first two books,
I've been fortunate to have visited most of the major locations in
Shattered World III: China. To bring
Shattered World III: China to life for my readers, every Wednesday for the next two weeks I'll be
posting blog spots with photos related to the locations described in the
novel and/or concept art about the demons. I hope you enjoy them.
First, pictures of northeast China.
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| Shattered World III: China takes place in northeast China, a region also referred to as Manchuria, between the cities of Harbin and Shenyang. |
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| Aerial view of Harbin's railway station. |
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| The interior of Harbin's railway station. |
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| The platform of Harbin's railway station. |
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| The illegal steel factory that the Xiongnu used was based on real factories that popped up all over China. I originally read about them in an article in Wired
titled "Step Inside China's Hellish, Illicit Steel Factories" (see
https://www.wired.com/2016/12/step-inside-chinas-hellish-illicit-steel-factories-kevin-frayer/).
I thought the imagery was so stunning I decided to use one in my book. |
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| More photos of the factory. |
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| More photos of the factory. |
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| More photos of the factory. | |
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| Unit 731, the Japanese biological warfare unit in Pingfang that
experimented on local citizens and Allied POWs, did exist -- sadly, it
was not something I made up. Only a few of the buildings used by Unit
731 remain. This is the smokestacks of the former crematorium where the Demon Hunters set up camp on their first night in Manchuria. |
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| Yours truly at Unit 731 smokestacks in 1999. |
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