In the South, the first stirrings of spring must already be felt, a warmth in the breeze, a softening underfoot.
We are three days past the Lantern Festival, which marks the end of New Year celebrations. A shrieking wind flaps its corner, just below his chin. My opponent keeps his voice low, but his words reach me clearly, despite the cloth that covers the lower half of his face. “Hua xiong-di’s swordsmanship must have improved greatly since our last meeting.” My hand tightens around the hilt of my blade-not the priceless family heirloom that lies at the root of the enmity between us, but only a bronze practice sword of identical length and weight. The one against whom I am fated to clash. I knew the moment I first laid eyes on his sword-lean, sword-sharp handwriting. In those notes of his that somehow find their way into my hands, he has always referred to himself as the Humble Nameless. “Time passes like water,” I reply, drawing a shallow breath. It has been nearly two years since we last crossed swords.īut I am nobody’s xiong-di. In the feeble light, his shadow is long, menacing. “Hua xiong-di, it has been a while,” my opponent murmurs.
Notes on Language and Historical Miscellany Only the best for you and this is definitely one of my best Classification: LCC PZ8.1.T3776 (ebook) | LCC PZ8.1.T37 (print) | DDC 398.20951-dc23 LC record available at | Summary: When her ailing father is conscripted to fight invaders from the north, Mulan dresses as a man to take his place in the army, but an old enemy and an attraction for her troop’s commander complicate her mission. | New York : Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc., 2019. Title: The magnolia sword : a ballad of Mulan / Sherry Thomas. Names: Thomas, Sherry (Sherry M.), author. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The text is set in Sabon, with display fonts in Majesty and Galano Classic No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher.Įbook production by Kevin Callahan/BNGO Books Jacket illustration copyright © 2019 by Christina ChungĪll rights reserved. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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