Jade Legacy

857 Pages·2021·6.223 MB·English

by  Fonda Lee

PRAISE FOR JADE CITY:
“Lee draws on her Chinese heritage, passion for gangster
stories, and strong writing to launch a Godfather-inspired
fantasy series that mixes bold martial-arts action and vivid
world-building. The result is terrific”
Library Journal (starred review)
“An engaging blend of crime drama and Asian martial arts
film tropes … An intense, satisfying experience”
Publishers Weekly
“Even for those who don’t normally read the genre, the world
and characters will be enough to draw them in and hold their
attention”
Booklist
“Full of ambitious families and guilt-ridden loves, Jade City is
an epic drama reminiscent of the best classic Hong Kong
gangster films but taking place in a fantasy metropolis so
gritty and well-imagined that you’ll forget you’re reading a
book”
Ken Liu
BY FONDA LEE

The Green Bone Saga
Jade City
Jade War
Jade Legacy

ORBIT
First published in Great Britain in 2021 by Orbit
Copyright © 2021 Fonda Lee
Excerpt from The Unbroken by C. L. Clark
Copyright © 2021 by Cherae Clark
Maps by Tim Paul
The moral right of the author has been asserted.
All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public
domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely
coincidental.
All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
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ISBN 978-0-356-51058-3
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For Lahna and Aaron.
With love and pride for my small clan.
Table Of Contents
Maps
The Green Bone Clans

Chapter 1: Clanless
Chapter 2: Betrayal
Chapter 3: Unreadable Clouds
Chapter 4: The Pillarman Abroad
Chapter 5: Keeping Up Appearances
Chapter 6: Shifting Winds
Chapter 7: A New Friend
Chapter 8: Speaking for the Family
Chapter 9: The Seventh Discipline
Chapter 10: You Can’t Win
Chapter 11: The Slow War
Chapter 12: A New Job
Chapter 13: No Secrets
Chapter 14: Green Turning Black
First Interlude: The Long Judgment
Chapter 15: Skeptics
Chapter 16: All Business
Chapter 17: Enemies
Chapter 18: Catfish
Chapter 19: Smiles and Words
Chapter 20: Progress
Chapter 21: The Meaning of Green
Chapter 22: Sons of the Clan
Chapter 23: Friends of Friends
Chapter 24: It’s Finally Happening
Chapter 25: The Great Strike
Chapter 26: Nekolva
Chapter 27: Heaven Has Seen
Chapter 28: Make Your Choice
Chapter 29: Rude Awakenings
Second Interlude: One Mountain
Chapter 30: The Bad Keck
Chapter 31: Disappointment
Chapter 32: Passages
Chapter 33: Truthbearers
Chapter 34: Unreasonable
Chapter 35: Those with a Choice
Chapter 36: A Fresh Start
Chapter 37: Leaving Home
Chapter 38: We’ve Got to Do Something
Chapter 39: The Stone-Eye Club
Chapter 40: Difficult Daughters
Chapter 41: Second Chance
Chapter 42: Death of Consequence
Chapter 43: Freedom
Chapter 44: This Is Not Kekon
Chapter 45: Very Bad People
Chapter 46: Valuable Things
Chapter 47: What Must Be Done
Chapter 48: Debts and Losses
Chapter 49: The Prince’s Stand
Chapter 50: Terrible Truths
Third Interlude: The Charge of Twenty
Chapter 51: Enough
Chapter 52: A Search Ended
Chapter 53: Old Secrets
Chapter 54: Master Plans
Chapter 55: The Little Knives
Chapter 56: Life and Death
Chapter 57: Standoff
Chapter 58: A Promise Kept
Chapter 59: End of a Long Judgment
Chapter 60: Final Debts
Chapter 61: Old Tigers
Chapter 62: Pillar of Kekon
Chapter 63: Remembrance

Acknowledgments