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Red Lotus by Pai Kit Fai

Sphere (2009) - Also published under the title The Concubine's Daughter.

Plot Summary: A novel set in China in the 1920s about Siu Sing, the daughter of a Chinese mother and the foreign devil ship's captain who rescued her from death. Raised until the age of twelve by an elderly Taoist sage who is master of the White Crane and trained as one of his last disciples, she is sold into slavery after he's assassinated. After spending her teenage years in an opium den, she begins a quest to find Ben Deverill, the father she never knew, and to reclaim her birthright.

Review : Beautifully written and exquisitely told, Red Lotus is the captivating tale of forbidden love, passion and courage spanning three generations of women. Pai Kit Fai is the adopted Chinese name given to the author by his Eurasian family. This is his first novel under this name and the story is based on true events from the author’s family.