Jade Fish and the Master

by Paddy Salmon

About "Jade Fish and the Master - Book One" The epic story of a girl who wants to find out who she is and how she should live her life. Jade Fish is a 13-year-old orphan working in the kitchens of a rich magistrate during the Period of the Warring States in China, around 280 BCE. All she knows is that she was found as a baby with a mysterious green jade fish necklace around her neck. The girl is helped by a famous philosopher, Lao Tzu, to uncover her past as well as her future destiny. He teaches something strange called the Tao, or the Path of Virtue... This book is the first of the trilogy, "Jade Fish and the Master", which traces Jade Fish's struggle to follow her Master's teachings when the world around her is about to fall into chaos and disaster. Part fable, part novel, part philosophy, Jade Fish's story is linked to real historical events and ideas in this turbulent period.