Neal Stephenson’s comic book Cimarronin is set in 17th century Manila
Cimarronin: A Samurai in New Spain
A disgraced outcast samurai living in early seventeenth-century Manila, Kitazume is contemplating ritual suicide when a divine force (of a sort) intervenes: Luis, a rogue Jesuit priest and Kitazume’s longtime friend. At Luis’s insistence, the samurai agrees to help smuggle a Manchu princess to Mexico. But little does he know that he’s really been dragged into an epic struggle for power.
Several forces have their malicious sights set on the New World’s rich silver mines: an insurgent Spanish duke, Chinese political interests, and the escaped African slaves known as the cimarrónes. And working in secret among them is a mysterious, long-lost order that has its own plans for the precious metal.
As politics and greed collide, Kitazume must call upon his deadly skills once more. But he’s not just fighting to save his friends–he’s fighting for the redemption he so desperately craves.
Neal Stephenson’s brilliant novel Cryptonomicon is set partly in the Philippines.
Thanks to Budjette for the alert.
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March 23rd, 2015 at 23:40
Hmmm…. interesting.
March 24th, 2015 at 10:14
Read his Snow Crash in the past. If i can remember well, there was a Filipino character mentioned (a boy?).. Interested in knowing if there’s a ‘personal’ connection between Stephenson and the Philippines, a story perhaps.. I’ll have to google first. :)