Readers of A Test of Fortitude knew her only as Xiu's mother—mourned and never once named. In The Price of Fortitude, she is Jia-Li, and the story is finally hers.

Told in the family's own voices—Su-Qin, the mother, keeper of a household the century is about to take; Jia-Li herself, forged in the years that follow; Gang-Wei, the exacting young man readers of Book One will recognise with a shock of hindsight; and Great Uncle Wen-An, who understands what is happening to them all better than anyone is permitted to say—The Price of Fortitude follows one Beijing family from a respected military household through the years when their world was dismantled around them.

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The Fortitude Chronicles can be read in any order. Each book stands alone—and each one changes the others. Whether you begin with the modern medical crisis of A Test of Fortitude, explore the historical survival of The Price of Fortitude, or follow the cross-cultural recovery in Inherited Fortitude, the multi-generational saga comes full circle.