New Hero Chronicle. The Secret Mirror of the Zhengyuan Era

Author: Yang Xuefan Li Han Kangqiao
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: A new series of narrative novels. Written by emerging writers, fully crafted, ancient stories with a modern twist. Who are the knights-errant? What are they busy with? Where is the mysterious gateway to the world of knight-errantry? The New Knight-Errant Chronicles: The Hidden Mirror in the Year of Zhengyuan includes the following four novels:
The Hidden Mirror in the Year of Zhengyuan is based on the Tang Dynasty legend Nie Yingniang. In this novel, the female knight-errant Nie Yingniang falls in love with a poor man who polishes mirrors. The mirror transforms a stone-hearted woman back into her true feminine self. The story touches on a series of issues: love, family, institutions, and the barriers, suspicion, discrimination, compassion, and trust between people. The Empire and the Dagger’s Direction attempts to rewrite the historical event of Jing Ke assassinating Qin Shi Huang. The two men in the novel, Jing Ke and the Qin Emperor,