A Snake Lies Waiting av Jin Yong

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<p><b>THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME.</b><br><br><b>THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS BEEN ENJOYING FOR DECADES - 300 MILLION COPIES SOLD.</b><br><br><b>"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, <i>New Yorker</i></b><br><br><b>"Like every fairy tale you''re ever loved, imbued with jokes and epic grandeur. Prepare to be swept along." Jamie Buxton, <i>Daily Mail</i></b><br><br><b>China: 1200 A.D.</b><br><br><b>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.</b><br><br>But now, along with his sworn brother, Zhou Botong of the Quanzhen Sect, and his <i>shifu</i>, 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 un