num_pages: 300
description: Captain David Blackwood is embroiled in the Boxer Rebellion. Ordered to escort a beautiful German countess on a dangerous journey up the Hoshun River, Blackwood sees death and slaughter unlike anything he has known. Finally, standing before the walls of Tientsin, he must hold on against a torrent of frenzied Chinese warriors.
language: English
title: The First to Land
titlecomplete: The First to Land (Blackwood Family, #2)
genres: Fiction, War, China, Military Fiction, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 472
series: Blackwood Family
publisher: Mcbooks Press