Hok, a crane-style Kung Fu master, is also a master at hiding. For the past 12 years, she has hidden the fact that she is a girl. Now her rogue brother, Ying, and his army have placed a huge price on her head. Fortunately, she manages to make it to Keifeng where she finds her mother and a "round-eye" with the very funny name of Charles. Together Hok and Charles start to make some sense of the magnitude of Ying's plans.
Synopsis
The popular legend of five young warrior monks continues but now the brotherhood is challenged.
Hok, a Crane-style Kung Fu master, is also a master at hiding. For the past twelve years she has hidden the fact that she is a girl from her temple brothers. Now she must hide in plain sight, for her rogue brother, Ying, and his army have placed a huge price on her head. Suddenly, she is being sought by everyone in the countryside eager for the reward. Fortunately, she manages to make it to Keifeng where she finds her mother and a "round-eye" with the very funny name of Charles. Together Hok and Charles start to make some sense of the magnitude of Ying's plans. And the plans do not include the survival of the Five Ancestors. Praise for the Five Ancestors series "Stone has done a masterful job of managing an intricate plot, developing authentic characters, and writing well-described fight scenes." School Library Journal
About the Author, Jeff Stone
Jeff Stone practices the martial arts daily. He has worked as a photographer, an editor, a maintenance man, a technical writer, a ballroom dance instructor, a concert promoter, and a marketing director for companies that design schools, libraries, and skateboard parks. Like the heroes of The Five Ancestors series, Mr. Stone was adopted when he was an infant. He began searching for his birthmother when he was 18; he found her 15 years later. The author lives with his wife and two children in Carmel, IN.
For a dozen years, Hok has concealed her identity by masquerading as a boy. Twice she barely survived the destruction of warrior monk strongholds. Now, to protect her life against the onslaughts of her rogue brother, this crane-style kung fu master must become for the first time a young woman. A powerful novel about transitions and resolve.
