Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny And Silent Wolf, Shu.Another life-altering quest, another struggle between honor and lust for power, another generation of warriors forging alliances and enmities. The forces surrounding the sword ir
| Title | : | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.72 (264 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1602862877 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-26 |
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Another life-altering quest, another struggle between honor and lust for power, another generation of warriors forging alliances and enmities. The adventure, romance, and artistry of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon continues in this novelized companion to the first ever Netflix debut film, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny based on the novel by Wang Dulu.
Seventeen years after the legendary fighter Mubai dies protecting the world-conquering sword The Green Destiny, four great warriors are called together to guard the formidable weapon once more. The forces surrounding the sword irrevocably altered the life of Shulien, Mubai’s lover, but seventeen years later she is still honor-bound to defend the blade from the power-hungry warlord Hades Dai. The young fighters Wei-fang and Snow Vase, switched at birth, also have heritages and inheritances that inextricably link them to both each other and the fate of the sword. And Silent Wolf, Shu
Editorial : About the Author
Justin Hill was born in Freeport, Grand Bahama Island but grew up in York. As an adult, he worked for seven years with the Voluntary Service Overseas in rural China and Africa. Hill’s works have been nominated for the Man Booker Prize three times and have also received many awards and honors, including the Betty Trask Award and Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for his first novel, The Drink and Dream Teahouse. He lives in Hong Kong.
Wang Dulu (pen name of Wang Baoxiang) is widely considered the master of the wuxia genre and is most well-known for his five-part Crane-Iron Series, which has never before been translated into English. Born into a poor family in Beijing in 1909, Wang Dulu worked at a small newspaper and as a clerk for a merchant association before becoming a writer of romance, detective, and wuxia novels. He lived through many periods of political upheaval, including the New Culture Movement, May Fourth Movement,
I was expecting something with a narrow medical focus, so the breadth of topics touched in this book was an unexpected surprise. (I didn't give it full 5 stars because I would have liked to pay less for what is essentially blank pages.). Things just seem a bit too easy for the Confederacy to put together/buy/invent, and these "Yankees" continue to be accepted a bit too readily by the Mexicans. Some malls are moving away from the suburbs back to downtowns.
A very readable and thought-provoking book.
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1. The New World Rising is a companion series to Culture Wars.
I was impressed with the author skill in creating a view point of a time in the future with the same issues we face today. I will probably wait a long time before buying any more of Mercedes Lackey's book, although I have been a longtime fan.. Cyan Dag is sent by a mysterious old bard to rescue Gwynne. That's all there is to it. Really detailed history and technical info as well a
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