A wandering Daoist comes across a particularly talented and charismatic young child on his journey through Ethiopia, and makes the decision to accept this youth as his apprentice for the next 5 years.
For 5 years this youth travels with the wandering Daoist, training in myriad environments and learning both internal and external martial arts, as well as the Dao.
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This is technically my first published piece of work, and will be the first of a series of draft novels that I publish on here until there's one that gains particular traction.