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Violence
A lot
Graphic revolutionary violence, executions, and military confrontations throughout this 1,200-page epic
Language
Some
Moderate language across a large international cast
Sexual Content
Some
Some adult romantic and sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Minimal substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Intense psychological pressure under revolutionary threat; examination of religious extremism and its cost to ordinary people
What this book is about
As the 1979 Iranian Revolution explodes into chaos, helicopter pilots, oil workers, and their families must navigate executions, religious extremism, and a desperate escape across a country being remade by violence in Clavell's sweeping final Asian Saga epic.
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Graphic revolutionary violence and executions
Intense survival stakes and psychological pressure
Depictions of religious and political extremism
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