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The First Stop

by Tao Wong

Choosing a path as war approaches

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Choosing a path as war approaches

At Verdant Green Waters Sect, Wu Ying faces two linked tests: choosing a secondary discipline to shape his cultivation and taking on a dangerous assignment as conflict between states draws the sect in. The book connects the personal question of how to define one’s dao with the practical demands of preparation for war, putting his studies and existing skills under pressure. As part of the A Thousand Li epic progression fantasy series, it combines cultivation and martial-world elements with a wider struggle for supremacy. This hardcover edition also includes a bonus short story exclusive to the print edition.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers following the A Thousand Li series.
  • Fans of progression fantasy centered on cultivation and martial arts.
  • Readers interested in fantasy that pairs personal development with looming conflict.

Themes

Cultivation and personal purposeChoosing a vocationPreparation for warLoyalty and teamwork

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Book overview

A young man searches for his own path to immortality--while grappling with the looming threat of war--in this compelling novel in the A Thousand Li epic progression fantasy series. Includes a bonus short story exclusive to this print edition.

Long Wu Ying's studies at the Verdant Green Waters Sect, an exclusive school of cultivation, are at a turning point. It's time for him to choose what secondary occupation to pursue--alchemist or blacksmith, physician or martial specialist. Yet Wu Ying struggles to decide which focus will best define and contribute to his dao, his personal path of cultivation. And what happens if he chooses wrong?

But beyond the walls of Verdant Green Waters, the drums of war beat as the sect is pulled deeper into the battle for supremacy between states. The Sect Elders thrust Wu Ying and his friends into a desperate gamble to prepare for the upcoming war--a risky assignment that will put to the test everything Wu Ying has learned.

As pressure builds from within and without, Wu Ying must find his place in this new martial world, or he may not survive the trials to come.
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