THE NINJA DAUGHTER Lily Wong, Book 1

Natalie Naudus delivers this first installment in an exciting new series featuring Lily Wong, a martial arts expert who is dedicated to protecting abused women. Lily isn't your usual L.A. freelancer. Her father, descended from Norwegians, runs the family's Asian restaurant, while her elegant Chinese mother doesn't cook at all, and Lily, despite her heritage, turned to Japan to learn her fighting skills. Naudus believably renders a wide variety of accents, including Cantonese, Mandarin, Ukrainian, Norwegian, and Korean, as Lily gets herself into and out of trouble with L.A.'s underworld. Altering her tone and tempo, Naudus distinguishes between narrative and Lily's thoughts, and completely electrifies the fight scenes. Listeners beware: You'll have a craving for Asian takeout while awaiting Lily's next action-packed adventure. C.B.L. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine [Published: APRIL 2020]