A Snake Lies Waiting, Jin Yong
A Snake Lies Waiting, Jin Yong
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A Snake Lies Waiting
The Definitive Edition

Author: Jin Yong, Anna Holmwood, Gigi Chang

Narrator: Daniel York Loh

Unabridged: 16 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/08/2020


Synopsis

A Snake Lies Waiting is the next in Jin Yong's high stakes, tension-filled epic Legends of the Condor Heroes series, where kung fu is magic, kingdoms vie for power and the battle to become the ultimate kung fu master unfolds.

Guo Jing has confronted Apothecary Huang, his sweetheart Lotus Huang's father, on Peach Blossom Island, and bested the villainous Gallant Ouyang in the three trials to win the hand of his beloved.

But now, along with his two friends and shifus, Zhou Botong of the Quanzhen Sect, and Count Seven Hong, Chief of the Beggar Clan, he has walked into another trap. Tricked into boarding a unseaworthy barge by Apothecary Huang, the three friends will surely drown unless Lotus—who has overheard her father's plans—can find a way to save them.

Yet even if they are to survive the voyage, great dangers lie in wait on the mainland. Viper Ouyang, the gallant's uncle and one of the Five Greats of the martial world, is determined to have his revenge on Guo Jing for getting the better of his nephew, and bent on becoming the most powerful master of the wulin. Meanwhile, Yang Kang, who Guo Jing has come to trust, has yet to reveal the full extent of his treachery.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Griffin

About Jin Yong

Jin Yong (pen name of Louis Cha) was a true phenomenon in the Chinese-speaking world. Born in Mainland China, he spent most of his life writing novels and editing newspapers in Hong Kong. His enormously popular martial arts novels, including the epic Legends of the Condor Heroes series--beginning with A Hero Born--have become modern classics and remain a must-read for readers looking for danger and adventure.

About Anna Holmwood

Anna Holmwood is a producer and translator from Chinese and Swedish into English. She is co-founder of the Emerging Translators' Network in the UK.

About Gigi Chang

Gigi Chang translates from Chinese into English. Her translations include classical Chinese dramas for the Royal Shakespeare Company and contemporary Chinese plays for London’s Royal Court Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Festival and Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre.

About Daniel York Loh

Daniel York Loh is a mixed-race British East Asian actor, writer, filmmaker and musician. His first full-length play, The Fu Manchu Complex, ran at Ovalhouse in 2013. Along with composer Craig Adams, he won the 2016 Perfect Pitch award to create an original stage musical, Sinking Water, based on events around the 2004 Morecambe Bay Chinese cockle-picker tragedy, which is currently being developed under commission by Theatre Royal Stratford East. He is one of 21 writers of colour featured in the collection of essays, The Good Immigrant, which won the 2016 Books Are My Bag Reader's Choice award. He has served on the Equity Minority Ethnic Members Committee, is a founder member of British East Asian Artists and has worked with Act For Change to promote diversity in UK media.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel (TheShadesofOrange) on February 05, 2021

3.5 Stars I enjoyed this sequel, although not quite as much as the first two volumes. The stakes in this volume just felt less serious and I found myself fatigued by the amount of time spent on the kung foo fighting. Nevertheless, I am still very invested in this series and am eagerly awaiting the ne......more

Goodreads review by Sahitya on March 04, 2022

I didn’t take too long this time to start the third book after finishing the second because A Heart Divided ended on quite a tense note and I wanted to know what was gonna happen next. I think I enjoyed this book more in first 30-40% on the ships and the remote island. The confrontations between Cou......more

Goodreads review by Parima on February 09, 2009

Online translation: Eagle Shooting Hero......more

Goodreads review by Denar on February 11, 2020

Just wow......more