5 of 5 stars
“The Sword of Destiny” transports the reader back to the
landscape of ancient China when it was revered to be a warrior who followed The Iron Way. The story picks up seventeen years after the death of one of the
greatest warriors, Mubai, as he defended the legendary sword, The Green
Destiny. Shulien, who loved Mubai, must now come out of her self-imposed exile
when The Green Destiny is once again vulnerable to falling into the hands of
the evil warlord, Hades Dai. Two young warriors, Snow Vase and Wei-fang, also
find their destiny intertwined with Shulien and the famed sword.
Mr. Hill’s words come alive on the pages as the story
unfolds – the landscape, the inner thoughts of the characters and of course, the
agility of the battles. The warriors fight with such elegance and grace and you feel like you’re
watching a beautiful and intricate dance play across the stage, but make no mistake, the danger is all too real. Sulien’s
character is the most complex—her feelings when she held Mubai as he took his
final breaths, her need for reflection and solitude as she mourns a life that
can never be, and finally her responsibility to the sword’s safe-keeping. No
warrior is safe and evil is conquering the land. Can four warriors keep the
sword safe or will it fall into the hands of one of the most evil warriors ever
born? This is the journey Mr. Hill takes the reader on and he does it with such
skill that before you know it, you’ve finished the story and are begging for
more. Highly recommended.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and
honest review.
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Author
of CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON: Sword
of Destiny
“‘Justin Hill knows China inside
out.” – Washington Post
Justin Hill has lived and worked and written about
China for most of his adult life. His first novel, The Drink and Dream Teahouse about small-town China, was a Washington Post Book of the Year and won
the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. The novel had the rare honor of being banned
in China.
His second novel, Passing
Under Heaven, which re-imagined the life of Tang Dynasty poetess, Yu
Xuanji, won the Somerset Maugham Award and was short-listed for the Encore
Award. In a starred Kirkus review,
his writing was described as being “painted with the exquisiteness of Persian
miniatures.” Shieldwall, the
first in a series covering the Battle of Hastings, in 1066, was a Sunday Times Book of the Year.
In 2014 he was selected to write the book sequel to
the Oscar-winning film, Crouching Tiger
Hidden Dragon and adapted the sequel’s screenplay into novel form. CROUCHING
TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON: Sword of Destiny will be published by Weinstein Books on
January 26, 2016 (Netflix and The Weinstein Co will release the film on
February 26, 2016).
Hill was born in Freeport, Bahamas and grew up in
Yorkshire. He spent his twenties working as a volunteer in rural China and
Eritrea, East Africa, and has since lived in New York, Ireland and Hong Kong,
where he ran the undergraduate creative writing programme at City University of
Hong Kong. The Independent on
Sunday listed him as one of the best young British novelists.
Visit his website at www.justinhillauthor.com and follow
him on Twitter @JHillAuthor.
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