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A Hero Born: The Definitive Edition (Legends of the Condor Heroes, 1) Allegra Goodman From the New York TimesNow in English for the first time! Set in ancient China, in a world where kung fu is magic, kingdoms vie for power and the battle to become the ultimate kung fu master unfolds, an unlikely hero is born in the first book in the epic Legends of the Condor Heroes by the critically acclaimed master of the genre, Jin Yong. After his fathera devoted Song patriotis murdered by the Jin empire, Guo Jing and his mother flee to the plains of Ghengis Khan and his