Hero Tree of Destiny — Jeff Crook

In the Wudang monastery in Song Dynasty China, there was an ancient plum tree that had not bloomed in living memory. When it finally does, thirteen children born in the city of Shiyan are chosen by Destiny to one day compete for the right to eat the fruit of immortality.



The Hero Tree of Destiny is a Wuxia novel of ancient Chinese kung-fu heroes. Thirteen children are trained by the Taoist monks of Wudang, as well as a surviving immortal from the last flowering, and one grimy old beggar, to become the finest martial artists in the land, so that when the fruit of the Hero Tree finally ripens, they will battle to determine who is worthy to join the ranks of the immortal heroes of China.



Hero Tree of Destiny is the first book in the Kung-Fu Heroes of Destiny series.