Wesley Chu, Chicago, February 2013
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Wesley Chu was born in Taiwan and immigrated to Chicago, Illinois when he was just a pup. It was there he became a Kung Fu master and gymnast. Wesley is an avid gamer and a contributing writer for the magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland. A former stunt man and a member of the SAG, he can also be seen in film and television playing roles such as “Banzai Chef” in Fred Claus and putting out Oscar worthy performances as a bank teller in Chicago Blackhawks commercials. Besides working as an Associate Vice President at a bank, he spends his time writing and hanging out with his wife Paula Kim and their Airedale Terrier, Eva.
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ISBN: 978 0 85766 330 6
Contents
The Lives of Tao
Dedication
Chapter One: ENDGAME
Chapter Two: REBIRTH
Chapter Three: THE CALL
Chapter Four: THE HUNT
Chapter Five: DAY AFTER
Chapter Six: FIRST CONTACT
Chapter Seven: GENJIX
Chapter Eight: TRAINING
Chapter Nine: SONYA
Chapter Ten: FIRST LESSON
Chapter Twelve: THE TRUTH
Chapter Thirteen: TRAINING WHEELS
Chapter Fourteen: RECONNECT
Chpater Fifteen: LIN
Chapter Sixteen: TRAINING WHEELS OFF
Chapter Seventeen: FREEDOM
Chapter Eighteen: DISCOVERY
Chapter Nineteen: ENCOUNTER
Chpater Twenty: AFTERMATH
Chapter Twenty-One: TAILING
Chpater Twenty-Two: T'AI CHI
Chapter Twenty-Three: AWAY GAME
Chapter Twenty-Four: LOOSE ENDS
Chapter Twenty-Five: ON THE RADAR
Chapter Twenty-Six: PREPARATION
Chapter Twenty-Seven: PRELUDE
Chapter Twenty-Eight: GREGORY
Chapter Twenty-Nine: SAFE HOUSE
Chapter Thirty: BACK HOME
Chapter Thirty-One: THE PARENTS
Chapter Thirty-Two: BACK INTO THE FOLD
Chapter Thirty-Three: MONACO DECENNIAL
Chapter Thirty-Four: DAY ONE
Chapter Thirty-Five: UNINVITED
Chapter Thirty-Six:
Chapter Thirty-Seven: THE ASSAULT
Chapter Thirty-Eight:
Chapter Thirty-Nine: EPILOGUE
Acknowledgments
About the Author
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