Jade Tiger

Shan Westin - half-Chinese, half-American, one hundred percent kung fu
badass - is on a mission to recover five mystical jade animals before they
fall into the wrong hands. Over 15 years ago, Shan's mother led a secret society
of female martial artists sworn to protect the statues. When the Jade Circle
lost four of the five statues during a murderous attack on their sanctuary,
12-year-old Shan's destiny was sealed. It was she who carried the remaining
tiger statue all the way to America; she who felt it clawing at her with the
need to recover the crane, snake, leopard and dragon. The Circle was destroyed
that night, and Shan hasn't seen her mother since. Shan has grown up under the
tiger's unforgiving influence and the shadow of her mother's legacy. Her quest
to recover the statues takes her to upstate New York and Ian Dashall, a geeky
but brave archaeology professor, and then on to France and England with Ian at
her side. Finally, on a secret island off the coast of Hong Kong, Shan overcomes
torture, betrayal and deadly tigers in order to battle the man who destroyed the
Jade Circle. But even as she faces off with him, she loses hope. How can she
possibly succeed where her mother had failed?
A 5 disc CD-Audio edition.