Legends of the Condor Heroes

After his patriot father is murdered by the Jin empire, Guo Jing flees with his mother to the plains of Genghis Khan, where he grows up among the Mongols who become a second family. Under the tutelage of the Khan and the Seven Heroes of the South, he hones his kung fu in a land of competing schools, clan alliances, and martial arts secrets that can topple kingdoms. Humble and perhaps not always wise, Guo Jing falls in love with the brilliant Lotus Huang and that love will test him as much as any battle.

Guo Jing is humble, loyal, and often underestimated -- a simple-hearted hero in a world that prizes cunning and power. His very straightforwardness is both his greatest weakness and his deepest strength. His partnership with the sharp-witted Lotus Huang is one of the genre's most celebrated fictional romances.

Across four volumes, Guo Jing and Lotus navigate a world where loyalty and betrayal are intertwined, the greatest martial arts masters on earth compete for supremacy at the legendary Mount Hua contest, and the Mongol empire's expansion forces Guo Jing to choose between the people who raised him and the homeland he never knew. Jin Yong weaves philosophy, romance, and spectacular action into a meditation on honor, sacrifice, and what it means to be a hero in an imperfect world.