****NOW A RECORD-BREAKING FILM STARRING THE UNTAMED'S XIAO ZHAN**** THE CHINESE LORD OF THE
RINGS - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS BEEN ENJOYING
FOR DECADES - 300 MILLION COPIES SOLD. "Jin Yong's work in the Chinese-speaking world has
a cultural currency roughly equal to that of "Harry Potter" and "Star Wars" combined" Nick
Frisch New Yorker "Like every fairy tale you're ever loved imbued with jokes and epic
grandeur. Prepare to be swept along." Jamie Buxton Daily Mail In the Jin capital of Zhongdu
Guo Jing learns the truth of his father's death and finds he is now betrothed against his will
to two women. Neither of them is his sweetheart Lotus Huang. Torn between following his heart
and fulfilling his filial duty he journeys through the country of his parents with Lotus
encountering mysterious martial heroes and becoming drawn into the struggle for the supreme
martial text the Nine Yin Manual. But his past is catching up with him. The widow of an evil
man he accidentally killed as a child has tracked him down intent on revenge. Meanwhile his
true parentage at last revealed Yang Kang the young prince Guo Jing must face in the Garden
of the Eight Drunken Immortals is forced to choose his destiny. Will he continue to enjoy the
life of wealth and privilege afforded to him by the invader of his homeland or give up all he
has known to avenge his parents? Translated from the Chinese by Gigi Chang
