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China: 1200 A.D.Guo Jing and Lotus have escaped Qiu Qianren's stronghold, but at a steep price: Lotus has been mortally wounded. The only one who could save her life is Duan, King of the South, a man skilled and renowned for his healing. But little do they know that danger awaits, including a plan to tear them apart. As the Mongol armies descend on China, Guo Jing will have to make the toughest decision of all -- rejoin the people who raised him to avenge his father or fight against his homeland. The ultimate battle for China and Guo Jing's future plays out in the sweeping, high stakes adventure of A Heart Divided, where one choice can change the world.
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Louis Cha, GBM, OBE (born 6 February 1924) , better known by his pen name Jin Yong (, sometimes read and/or written as "Chin Yung") , is a modern Chinese-language novelist. Having co-founded the Hong Kong daily Ming Pao in 1959, he was the paper's first editor-in-chief. Cha's fiction, which is of the wuxia ("martial arts and chivalry") genre, has a widespread following in Chinese-speaking areas, including mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and the United States. His 15 works written between 1955 and 1972 earned him a reputation as one of the finest wuxia writers ever. He is currently the best-selling Chinese author alive; over 100 million copies of his works have been sold worldwide (not including unknown number of bootleg copies) .Cha's works have been translated into English, French, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Burmese, Malay and Indonesian. He has many fans abroad as well, owing to the numerous adaptations of his works into films, television series, comics and video games. ?????????OBE????Louis Cha Leung-yung?1924?3?10??2018?10?30??????????????????????1948???????1950????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Source: (Chinese Profile) (Thai Profile)
