{"product_id":"a-past-unearthed-return-of-the-condor-heroes-volume-1","title":"A Past Unearthed: Return of the Condor Heroes Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eJin Yong\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE CHINESE \"LORD OF THE RINGS\" - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS BEEN ENJOYING FOR DECADES - 300 MILLION COPIES SOLD.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Jin  Yong's work, in the Chinese-speaking world, has a cultural  currency  roughly equal to that of \"Harry Potter\" and \"Star Wars\"  combined\" \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"If you haven't read Jin Yong's work, you haven't yet fully experienced the fantasy genre\" FONDA LEE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHINA , 1237 A.D.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenghis Khan is dead. The Mongolians, led by the conqueror's third son, Ogedai, have vanquished the Jurchen Jin Empire, and now turn their armies on their ally the Great Song Empire. A dozen years have passed since the second Contest of Mount Hua.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA new generation of martial artists are vying for recognition in the jianghu, but as the fall of their country looms closer, the making of a hero depends on more than mere kung fu skills. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA chance meeting with his father's sworn brother Guo Jing lifts Penance Yang from a life of vagrancy and initiates him into the martial world to which his parents Yang Kang and Mercy Mu once belonged. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlaced under the care of the Quanzhen Sect at their base in the Zhongnan Mountains, Penance stumbles across the mysterious history behind the founding of this most respected martial school and embarks on a journey during that forces him to come to terms with his family's past as well as secrets of his own heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Chinese by Gigi Chang\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nekoto Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52272901554450,"sku":null,"price":21.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0868\/7072\/0786\/files\/CA108D7C-C8BA-49D5-A3D3-3E96731118FE.webp?v=1778786707","url":"https:\/\/nekotobooks.com\/products\/a-past-unearthed-return-of-the-condor-heroes-volume-1","provider":"Nekoto Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}