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 China: 1200 A.D.
Guo Jing has confronted Apothecary Huang his sweetheart Lotus' father on Peach Blossom Island
and bested the villainous Gallant Ouyang in three trials to win her hand in marriage. But now
along with his sworn brother Zhou Botong of the Quanzhen Sect and his shifu Count Seven Hong
Chief of the Beggar Clan he has walked into a trap. Tricked by Huang into boarding a
unseaworthy barge they will surely drown unless Lotus - who has overheard her father's plans -
can find a way to save them. Yet even if they are to survive the voyage great dangers lie in
wait on the mainland. The Jin Prince Wanyan Honglie has gathered a band of unscrupulous
warriors to aid him in his search for the lost writings of the Great Song patriot General Yue
Fei. If he is successful the Jin armies will gain the key to total victory over the Song
Empire condemning Guo Jing's countrymen to centuries of servitude. Translated from the Chinese
by Anna Holmwood and Gigi Chang
