Synopsis

Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils concerns the complex, troubled relationships between the great multitude of characters from various kingdoms and sects, and the inherent bond that underlies the struggles of each. The story examines the cause and effect that forms and breaks these bonds on five uniquely corresponding levels: self, family, society, ethnic group, and country (dominion). Set historically during the Northern Song Dynasty, the story also geographically spans to Norhern Song’s neighboring non-Han Chinese nations of Liao, Dali, Western Xia and Tubo. The major characters are based on the Eight Races of non-human entities described in Buddhist cosmology and are collectively known in Chinese as the “Tian Long Ba Bu”, hence the original novel’s Chinese title.

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