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

Told in the family's own voices—Su-Qin, Lyn's mother, keeper of a household the century is about to take; Lyn herself, forged in the years that follow; Hao, the exacting young man readers of A Test of Fortitude will recognise with a shock of hindsight; and Great Uncle Wei, 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.