The Last Lotus Blossom

von William Boyles

156 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

High on Mount Baiyun, beneath the ancient roofs of the Temple of the White Cloud, Lana survives by selling lotus blossoms to pilgrims and merchants. She is poor, hungry, and skeptical of the teachings of Master Elias, the stern monk who has raised her within the monastery's shadow. To Lana, a lotus is simply a flower-a beautiful thing that can be exchanged for a few copper coins and enough food to survive another day.Elias sees something different. He teaches her that every blossom carries the invisible weight of the person who takes it, that desire, grief, shame, generosity, and compassion leave traces upon the world. The lotus is not merely an offering. It is a mirror of the soul.Lana begins to understand his lesson through the people who cross her path, especially Miles Fairchild, a starving beggar whom the prosperous townspeople have learned to ignore. Faced with her own hunger, Lana chooses compassion. That small act begins a chain of events that will force her to confront the deeper meaning of karma, mercy, and sacrifice.As the mystery surrounding the monastery unfolds, Lana discovers that her own life is connected to an ancient history of power, grief, and rebirth. Memories of another existence emerge-one in which she was bound to an emperor, surrounded by wealth and protected by a kingdom that ultimately collapsed beneath the weight of pride and possession.The greatest test is not whether Lana can reclaim what she once had, but whether she can let it go.The lotus becomes a symbol of everything she must learn: something beautiful can rise from mud without remaining trapped in it. Love can become possession, grief can become attachment, and power can become another form of imprisonment. Yet compassion can break those chains.When Lana finally chooses service over privilege and opens her heart to the abandoned, sick, and forgotten, the monastery becomes something greater than a temple. It becomes a refuge where broken lives can begin again.And when the last lotus blossom opens, Lana discovers that true freedom is not found in ruling a kingdom or escaping suffering, but in giving oneself freely to the healing of others.

• Themen: Belletristik Historischer Roman
• ISBN: 9798182795500
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 18.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: William Boyles