{"id":25884,"date":"2012-11-19T15:35:57","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T05:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=25884"},"modified":"2012-11-19T15:35:57","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T05:35:57","slug":"the-first-graphic-novel-from-bestselling-author-kylie-chan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=25884","title":{"rendered":"The First Graphic Novel from Bestselling Author Kylie Chan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>SMALL SHEN <\/em>is the amazing story of Gold &#8212; a stone spirit and a chronic troublemaker in the court of the great Gods of Chinese mythology.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/news\/chan01.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A mix of Kylie Chan\u2019s brilliant storytelling and Queenie Chan\u2019s beautiful illustrations, <em>SMALL SHEN <\/em>is a fantastic treat for fans of <em>WHITE TIGER. <\/em>Readers will be thrilled to discover the events leading up to John Chen and Emma Donahoe\u2019s story in this wonderful prequel told in a unique mix of manga-style illustration and traditional prose.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/news\/chan02.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The story follows Gold\u2019s escapades throughout history, including seducing a dragon princess, attempting to steal one of the Tiger\u2019s wives, making bets with demons, and working for the Blue Dragon of the East.<\/p>\n<p><em>SMALL SHEN<\/em> is a collectible piece of art for fans of Kylie Chan to treasure, but also a fantastic introduction to the gripping <em>WHITE TIGER <\/em>series.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT KYLIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kylie was born and raised in a typical Australian family, yet it was her marriage to a Hong Kong national that has had the largest influence on her writing career. Twenty years ago, she was married in a traditional Chinese wedding ceremony in Eastern China, and spent the following years immersing herself in Chinese culture and mythology.<\/p>\n<p>Now living in Brisbane, she is a mother of two and the bestselling author of the Dark Heavens and Journey to Wudang trilogies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT QUEENIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Queenie <\/strong>was born in Hong Kong in 1980, and migrated to Australia when she was six years old. She is a manga illustrator who has collaborated with Dean Koontz on his New York Times bestselling ODD THOMAS series of graphic novels<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMALL SHEN is the amazing story of Gold &#8212; a stone spirit and a chronic troublemaker in the court of the great Gods of Chinese mythology. A mix of Kylie Chan\u2019s brilliant storytelling and Queenie Chan\u2019s beautiful illustrations, SMALL SHEN is a fantastic treat for fans of WHITE TIGER. Readers will be thrilled to discover<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=25884\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bookscomics-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25885,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25884\/revisions\/25885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}