A Bond Undone
core novel 2019 The Condor Trilogy
Record
| Original title | 射鵰英雄傳 |
|---|---|
| First published | 2019 |
| Original language |  ZH |
| Translator | Anna Holmwood / Gigi Chang / Shelly Bryant |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.26 (1,596 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781529432688 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
A Bond Undone continues directly from the first volume, following Guo Jing and Huang Rong as their travels take them toward Peach Blossom Island, the reclusive home of Huang Rong's father and a place bound up with old grievances among the island's former students. Guo Jing, still growing into his role as a hero shaped by his Mongolian upbringing and his late father's Song heritage, must reconcile the loyalties pulling him between the steppe and the south. Meanwhile his counterpart, Yang Kang, the other boy named at the story's opening, moves further from his own birth family, choosing instead to align himself with the Jin court that raised him and setting him on a collision course with Guo Jing.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Condor Trilogy
- Series: Legends of the Condor Heroes (English translation) core; position 2 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Jin Yong
Notes
- From the series record (Legends of the Condor Heroes (English translation)): Core Canon: the four-volume English translation (MacLehose Press, translated by Anna Holmwood, Gigi Chang, and Shelly Bryant) of the wuxia novel Jin Yong originally serialized in Hong Kong Commercial Daily from 1957-1959. This is the first novel of the wider Condor Trilogy; its two sequels (The Return of the Condor Heroes, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber) are a separate continuity not yet catalogued and are a future candidate on their own merits.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Legends of the Condor Heroes (English translation): position 2 of 4: previous A Hero Born (2018) · next A Snake Lies Waiting (2020)
- Internal chronology, within The Condor Trilogy: position 3 of 8: previous Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre, Volume 1 (1961) · next Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre, Volume 2 (1962)
Sources
- Wikipedia: The Legend of the Condor Heroes
- Wikipedia: Condor Trilogy
- Publisher series page: Legends of the Condor Heroes
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