"China. The year is 1200. The Song Empire has been defeated in the north by invading Jurchen forces. Pushed further south, the empire is in danger of collapse and the Chinese population is furious. Now it falls to lone patriots trained in the martial arts to save China. Guo Jing…
As the son of a British bodyguard who sacrificed his life in the line of duty, teenage kickboxing champion Connor Reeves is proud to join the ranks of a top-secret young bodyguard squad, but his first assignment, to guard the First Daughter, may test his limits.
Wanting to make his father proud, kickboxing champion Connor Reeves joins the Guardian young bodyguard squad and is tasked with protecting the U.S. president's daughter from being taken hostage by a terrorist sleeper cell.
As the son of a British bodyguard who sacrificed his life in the line of duty, teenage kickboxing champion Connor Reeves is proud to join the ranks of a top-secret young bodyguard squad, but his first assignment, to guard the First Daughter, may test his limits.
Paper Swordsmen
by Project Muse, Hamm, John Christopher
fromBook collections on Project MUSE
"The martial arts novel is one of the most distinctive and widely read forms of modern Chinese fiction. It is popular not only within Chinese-language communities but in translation throughout East Asia and in cinematic and other adaptations throughout the world. In Paper Swords…
The martial arts novel is one of the most distinctive and widely-read forms of modern Chinese fiction. In Paper Swordsmen, John Christopher Hamm offers the first in-depth English-language study of this fascinating and influential genre, focusing on the work of its undisputed twe…
Orphaned by a ninja pirate attack off the coast of Japan in 1611, twelve-year-old English lad Jack Fletcher is determined to prove himself, despite the bullying of fellow students, when the legendary sword master who rescued him begins training him as a samurai warrior.
Jack Fletcher faces his toughest challenge yet. After a snowstorm forces him to take shelter, Jack comes across a village in need of protection from raiding mountain bandits. Torn between moving on or helping, Jack is persuaded to stay and fight the villagers' cause. But Jack is…
This dissertation examines the evolution of Chinese martial arts fiction in the twentieth century, focusing on the interplay between its narrative form and historical ground. In my analysis, the industrialization of China is shown to have produced new forms of social interdepend…
After a shoot-out at the restaurant where she works leaves a former costar dead, Angel Dare begins to protect his son Cody, a mixed martial artist, and they wind up on the run from drug dealers who think that Cody stole drugs from them.
